cheapskate
Meanings
Plural: cheapskates
Noun
- a miserly person
- Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- Someone who does not give freely.
Origin / Etymology
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
Synonyms
carl, cheapass, cheapie, cheapo, cheapskate, churl, clutchfist, el cheapo, last of the big spenders, magpie, miser, moneygrubber, muckworm, nickel nurser, nig, niggard, nigon, nipcheese, nipfarthing, penny pincher, penny-father, pickpenny, piker, pinch-commons, pinch-gut, pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, scrimp, scrooge, skinflint, snudge, squirrel, tight-arse, tightwad
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 21
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