closefisted
Unwilling to spend
Closefisted means unwilling to spend or give money—stingy, tight with a dollar.
The image is of a fist clenched around coins, refusing to open.
He was too closefisted to leave a decent tip.
The word carries clear disapproval, suggesting the person could afford generosity but chooses not to.
Unwilling to spend freely
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- cheapskateStingy person
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
niggardly · parsimonious · penurious · ungenerous · mean · cheap · cheeseparing · pinchpenny
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- budgetPlan for spending
- savingsAccumulated money kept
careful · provident · conservative · sensible · resourceful · modest · restrained · measured
stingy
Unwilling to spend freely
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- cheapskateStingy person
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
hoarder · niggardly · parsimonious · penurious · ungenerous · mean · cheap · cheeseparing · pinchpenny · skinflint
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- budgetPlan for spending
savings · careful · provident · conservative · sensible · resourceful · modest · restrained · measured · temperate
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy
- Money-Saving Wordsthrifty, frugal, economical, budget-conscious, cost-conscious
closefistedopenhanded
Giving freely, ungrudgingly
generous · freehanded · liberal · munificent · bountiful
closefistedgenerous
Willing to give freely
charitable · magnanimous · benevolent · philanthropic · bighearted
closet, closed, closing, closer, closely, closure, closest, enclosure, enclosed