cheapskate
Miserly person, informally
A cheapskate is someone who is stingy with money, unwilling to spend even when they can afford to.
The word carries contempt—a cheapskate isn't just frugal but unreasonably tight-fisted: Don't be such a cheapskate—leave a decent tip.
The term often implies the person's penny-pinching inconveniences others.
Stingy person, slang
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- cheapoInferior slang term
chiseler · piker · pinchpenny · moneygrubber · curmudgeon · hoarder · sponger · freeloader
Stingy person, slang
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
tightfisted · closefisted · parsimonious · ungenerous · mean · grudging · chintzy · niggardly
Excessively frugal person
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- frugalSparing with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
cost-conscious · prudent · savings · bargain-hunter · penny-wise · sensible · conservative · minimalist
Providing less than needed
- stiffingFailing to pay due
- undertippingGiving inadequate gratuity
- regiftingPassing on received presents
- freeloadingExploiting others' generosity
mooching · penny-pinching · haggling · shortchanging · reusing · hoarding
tightwad
Stingy person, slang
cheapo · chiseler · piker · pinchpenny · moneygrubber · curmudgeon · hoarder · sponger · freeloader · mooch
tightwad
Stingy person, slang
penny-pincher · tightfisted · closefisted · parsimonious · ungenerous · mean · grudging · chintzy · niggardly · miserly
penny-pincher
Excessively frugal person
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- frugalSparing with resources
economical · cost-conscious · prudent · savings · bargain-hunter · penny-wise · sensible · conservative · minimalist · secondhand
skimping
Providing less than needed
- stiffingFailing to pay due
- undertippingGiving inadequate gratuity
- regiftingPassing on received presents
freeloading · mooching · penny-pinching · haggling · shortchanging · reusing · hoarding
- thrift sayingspenny saved, penny wise, pinch pennies, penny pincher, live within means
- cheapskatespenny pincher, tightwad, skinflint, Scrooge, pinchpenny
- penny pinchersmiser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge, skinflint
- bar patronsregular, local, barfly, drunk, bartender
- compound slangairhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, dimwit
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
cheapskatespendthrift
Reckless with money
big spender · profligate · squanderer · wastrel · prodigal
cheapskatephilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · big tipper · giver · patron · Santa Claus