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Synonyms for penny-pinching
penny-pinch·ing
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penny-pinchingnoun
Synonyms:
pinching penniespenny-pinchingnoun
reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
Synonyms:
pinching penniespenny-pinchingnoun
Instance of extreme economy.
Synonyms:
pinching pennies
Princeton's WordNet
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinchingadjective
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Synonyms:
tightness, niggardliness, minginess, parsimony, closeness, tightfistedness, parsimoniousness, thrift, niggardness, meannessAntonyms:
generouscheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinnyadjective
giving or spending with reluctance
"our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
Synonyms:
scraggy, near(a), skinny, boney, tightlipped, cheeseparing, weedy, snug, stuffy, faithful, tight-fitting, airless, nigh, tightfitting, close-fitting, underweight, close, good, tightly fitting, tight, approximate, confining, closemouthed, near, tight fitting, nigh(a), unaired, secretive, dear, scrawny, closelippedAntonyms:
generous
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #155 | good | |
| #735 | close | |
| #989 | near | |
| #3613 | dear | |
| #3986 | tight | |
| #8049 | approximate | |
| #10349 | faithful | |
| #12952 | skinny | |
| #21758 | thrift | |
| #29011 | snug | |
| #33696 | nigh | |
| #39155 | closeness | |
| #40528 | secretive | |
| #40994 | tightness | |
| #44263 | boney | |
| #47876 | stuffy | |
| #51173 | confining | |
| #56077 | underweight | |
| #70151 | parsimony | |
| #73342 | airless | |
| #76113 | weedy | |
| #95082 | scrawny | |
| #99321 | meanness | |
| #155030 | unaired |
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