close-fisted
91penny-pinching — 1. adjective reluctant to spend money; close fisted 2. noun a) reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony b) Instanc …
92fist — [ fıst ] noun count ** your hand when your fingers are closed tightly: He banged the table with his fist. clench your fist (=squeeze your fingers closed): She was clenching her fists with the pain. => CLOSE FISTED, HAND1 …
93open-handed — o|pen hand|ed [ ,oupən hændəd ] adjective generous ─ opposite CLOSE FISTED …
94tightwad — (n.) parsimonious person, 1900, from TIGHT (Cf. tight) in the sense of close fisted (1805) + WAD (Cf. wad) (n.). The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Mod.Gk. sphiktos greedy, lit. tight …
95frugal — adjective 1) a hard working, frugal woman Syn: thrifty, economical, careful, cautious, prudent, provident, unwasteful, sparing, scrimping; abstemious, abstinent, austere, self denying, ascetic, monkish, spartan; parsimonious …
96mean — I verb 1) flashing lights mean the road is blocked Syn: signify, convey, denote, designate, indicate, connote, show, express, spell out; stand for, represent, symbolize; imply, suggest, intimate, hint at, insinuate …
97miserly — adjective 1) his miserly uncle Syn: mean, niggardly, close fisted, parsimonious, penny pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money grubbing, cheap; formal penurious See note at ec …
98niggardly — adjective 1) a niggardly person Syn: cheap, mean, miserly, parsimonious, close fisted, penny pinching, cheeseparing, grasping, ungenerous, illiberal; informal stingy, tight, tightfisted Ant: generous 2 …
99penny-pinching — adjective Zane s penny pinching aunt gave him five dollars as a wedding gift Syn: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, close fisted, cheeseparing, grasping, Scroogelike; informal stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money grubbing; formal… …
100penurious — adjective, formal 1) a penurious student Syn: poor, poor as a church mouse, poverty stricken, destitute, necessitous, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced/straitened circumstances, hard up, u …
