penny-pinching

English Thesaurus

1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	frugality, frugalness,
definition	:	prudence in avoiding waste (noun.attribute)

2. giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)

similar	:	stingy, ungenerous,
definition	:	unwilling to spend (adj.all)

3. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny,
definition	:	giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)

derivation	:	parsimonious, penurious,
definition	:	excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all)

derivation	:	careful, thrifty,
definition	:	mindful of the future in spending money (adj.all)

derivation	:	thrifty,
definition	:	careful and diligent in the use of resources (adj.all)

4. giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)

derivation	:	closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness,
definition	:	extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift,
definition	:	extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)

5. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny,
definition	:	giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)

derivation	:	parsimonious, penurious,
definition	:	excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all)

derivation	:	careful, thrifty,
definition	:	mindful of the future in spending money (adj.all)

derivation	:	thrifty,
definition	:	careful and diligent in the use of resources (adj.all)

6. giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)

derivation	:	closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness,
definition	:	extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift,
definition	:	extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)