miser
Hoarder of wealth
A miser hoards money and refuses to spend it, even on necessities.
The word implies not just frugality but obsessive, joyless accumulation—counting coins rather than enjoying what they could buy.
The old miser died alone in a mansion full of rotting furniture.
Scrooge is the archetypal literary miser.
Unwilling to spend freely
- cheapskateStingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
parsimonious · closefisted · ungenerous · mean · tight · grudging · begrudging · withholding
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
materialism · moneygrubbing · grasping · gold-digging · mercenary · usury · cupidity · mammon
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- frugalSparing with resources
- penny-wiseFrugal in minor matters
- sparingUsing resources minimally
saving · scrimping · budgeting · austere · abstemious · spartan · self-denial · deprivation
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- EbenezerHebrew name, commemorative stone
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- misanthropeOne who hates humanity
Marley · Shylock · recluse · curmudgeon · hermit · cold-hearted · redemption · transformation
tightfisted
Unwilling to spend freely
- cheapskateStingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
niggardly · parsimonious · closefisted · ungenerous · mean · tight · grudging · begrudging · withholding · scrimping
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
acquisitiveness · materialism · moneygrubbing · grasping · gold-digging · mercenary · usury · cupidity · mammon · voracity
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- frugalSparing with resources
- penny-wiseFrugal in minor matters
sparing · saving · scrimping · budgeting · austere · abstemious · spartan · self-denial · deprivation · ascetic
Scrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- EbenezerHebrew name, commemorative stone
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
Marley · Shylock · misanthrope · recluse · curmudgeon · hermit · cold-hearted · redemption · transformation
accumulation
Collected mass over time
cache · amassing · squirreling · clutching · guarding · hiding · secreting · burying · counting · coffers
- thrift sayingspenny saved, penny wise, pinch pennies, penny pincher, live within means
- penny pincherscheapskate, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge, skinflint
- A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley
- Fable Charactersfox, tortoise, hare, ant, grasshopper
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
miserspendthrift
Reckless with money
squanderer · profligate · spender · prodigal · wastrel
miserphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · giver · patron · altruist · Santa Claus
- put out of one's miseryKill to end suffering
- put someone out of their miseryEnd suffering through death
- fail miserably
- putting someone out of their miseryEnding suffering through death
- misery pornContent glorifying suffering
- misery gutsHabitually gloomy person
misery, miserable, miserly, miserably, commiserate, miserliness, misers