English adjective: penny-pinching | |||
1. | penny-pinching giving or spending with reluctance | ||
Samples | Our cheeseparing administration. Very close (or near) with his money. A penny-pinching miserly old man. | ||
Synonyms | cheeseparing, close, near, skinny | ||
Similar | stingy, ungenerous | ||
Antonyms | generous | ||
English noun: penny-pinching | |||
1. | penny-pinching (attribute) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | ||
Synonyms | parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift | ||
Broader (hypernym) | frugality, frugalness | ||