niggardly

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  • "a niggardly tip"

Adj

• Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

Adv

• In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.

Synonyms

as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, grudging, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, scrimy, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight as a tick, tight-fisted, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous, ungiving