skinflint

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SKINFLINT

a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money <the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keeps the team from acquiring any real talent>

Synonyms cheapskate, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad

Related Words hoarder, pack rat, saver

Near Antonyms prodigal, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel

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