Synonyms for Penny-pinching:
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adj.
• cheap
• economical
- curmudgeonly
, - frugal
, - money-saving
, - on the rims
, - penny-wise
, - prudential
, - thrifty
, - time-saving
, - timesaving
, - unwasteful
, - work-saving
.
• mean
• stingy
- Hard-fisted
, - abstemious
, - ascetic
, - austere
, - cheeseparing
, - closefisted
, - meager
, - narrow-fisted
, - parsimonious
, - petty
, - spartan
, - stingy
, - tight
.
• tightfisted
• close
• close-fisted
• frugal
• grasping
• miserly
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- greedy
, - Economies
, - Economizing
, - Mean-spirited
, - Niggardness
, - Pinchpenny
, - Scrimping
, - Skimping
, - acquisitive
, - airless
, - approximate
, - avaricious
, - begrudging
, - boney
, - careful
, - cheapness
, - cheese-paring
, - chintzy
, - close
, - close-fistedness
, - close-fitting
, - closefistedness
, - closelipped
, - closemouthed
, - closeness
, - confining
, - conservative
, - covetous
, - dear
, - economic
, - economy
, - faithful
, - frugality
, - give
, - good
, - grasping
, - grudging
, - hardfisted
, - hoarding
, - husbandry
, - illiberal
, - illiberality
, - inconsiderate
, - meanness
, - measly
, - mercenary
, - minginess
, - mingy
, - miserliness
, - money-grubbing
, - narrow
, - near
, - nearness
, - niggard
, - niggardliness
, - nigh
, - parsimoniousness
, - parsimony
, - penuriousness
, - possessive
, - providence
, - provident
, - prudent
, - rapacious
, - save-all
, - saving
, - scotch
, - scraggy
, - scrawny
, - secretive
, - selfish
, - selfishness
, - skinny
, - small
, - snug
, - spare
, - sparing
, - stinginess
, - stinting
, - stuffy
, - thoughtless
, - thrift
, - tight-fisted
, - tight-fitting
, - tightfisted
, - tightfistedness
, - tightfitting
, - tightlipped
, - tightness
, - unaccommodating
, - unaired
, - uncharitable
, - underweight
, - ungenerosity
, - ungenerous
, - weedy
.
• Other relevant words (adjective):
• Other relevant words (noun):
What are the hypernyms for Penny-pinching?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
What are the opposite words for penny-pinching?
Penny-pinching is a term used to describe someone who is frugal or miserly in their spending habits. Antonyms for this word include recklessness or extravagance. People who are reckless with their money are known for spending without thinking and not having any regard for their financial future. On the other hand, those who are extravagant with their money are known for spending lavishly and not being mindful of their budget. Other antonyms for penny-pinching include spendthrift and free-spending. A spendthrift is someone who spends recklessly or wastefully, while a free-spending person is known for spending without any limitations or restrictions.
What are the antonyms for Penny-pinching?
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adj.
• noun
- Frittering
, - Unthrifty
, - altruistic
, - beneficent
, - benevolent
, - bounteous
, - bountiful
, - charitable
, - compassionate
, - extravagant
, - free
, - freehanded
, - good-hearted
, - greathearted
, - handsome
, - hospitable
, - humanitarian
, - kindly
, - lavish
, - magnanimous
, - openhanded
, - openhearted
, - overgenerous
, - philanthropic
, - prodigal
, - profligate
, - profuse
, - selfless
, - spendthrift
, - splurging
, - squandering
, - thriftless
, - unselfish
, - unsparing
, - unstinting
, - wasteful
, - wasting
.
• tight with money
-
n.
• noun
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