- closefisted (with money)
- tightfisted (with money) & closefisted (with money)Fig. very stingy with money. •
The manager is very closefisted with expenditures.
•My parents are very tightfisted with money.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
closefisted (with money)
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closefisted — adjective unwilling to part with money • Syn: ↑hardfisted, ↑tightfisted • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: ↑tightfistedness ( … Useful english dictionary
hardfisted — adjective unwilling to part with money • Syn: ↑closefisted, ↑tightfisted • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: ↑tightfistedness ( … Useful english dictionary
tightfisted — adjective unwilling to part with money • Syn: ↑closefisted, ↑hardfisted • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: ↑tightfistedness … Useful english dictionary
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economical — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Careful of expenditures] Syn. thrifty, frugal, saving, sparing, prudent, careful, economizing, provident, niggardly, meager, miserly, stingy, mean, close, shabby, avaricious, penurious, chary, watchful, circumspect,… … English dictionary for students
charitable — charitable, benevolent, humane, humanitarian, philanthropic, eleemosynary, altruistic are comparable when they mean having or showing interest in or being concerned with the welfare of others. Charitable stresses either active generosity to the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
miserly — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Spartan, a hog for, abject, abstemious, acquisitive, all devouring, ascetic, austere, avaricious, avid, bottomless, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, coveting, covetous, devouring,… … Moby Thesaurus
cheeseparing — Synonyms and related words: Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheap, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption,… … Moby Thesaurus
stingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penurious, miserly, niggardly, near, tight, close; scanty, meager. See parsimony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. parsimonious, niggardly, miserly, penurious, close, closefisted, sordid … English dictionary for students
economical — [adj1] conservative with resources; careful avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money saving, niggardly*, on the rims*, parsimonious, penny … New thesaurus
