misers
Hoarders of wealth
Misers are people who hoard wealth and hate spending it, even on necessities.
The word carries strong negative connotations—misers aren't just frugal, they're obsessively stingy to the point of self-denial: The old miser died alone in a house full of money he never spent.
Dickens's Scrooge is the archetypal miser.
Unwilling to spend freely
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
- closefistedReluctant to give money
- cheapskateStingy person
penny-pincher · skinflint · niggardly · grudging · ungenerous · uncharitable · mean · chintzy
Excessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
money-grubbing · money-hungry · mercenary · gold-digger · Scrooge · materialistic · selfish · insatiable
One who amasses excessively
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- squirrelingHiding away gradually
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
- amassingCollecting in quantity
accumulating · packrat · cache · treasure · savings · vault · trove · coffers
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- sparingUsing resources minimally
careful · provident · measured · disciplined · temperate · austere · ascetic · abstemious
tightfisted
Unwilling to spend freely
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
- closefistedReluctant to give money
cheapskate · penny-pincher · skinflint · niggardly · grudging · ungenerous · uncharitable · mean · chintzy · pinchpenny
avaricious
Excessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
rapacious · money-grubbing · money-hungry · mercenary · gold-digger · Scrooge · materialistic · selfish · insatiable · possessive
hoarder
One who amasses excessively
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- squirrelingHiding away gradually
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
amassing · accumulating · packrat · cache · treasure · savings · vault · trove · coffers · secreting
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
sparing · careful · provident · measured · disciplined · temperate · austere · ascetic · abstemious · self-denying
fortune
Wealth or destiny
savings · inheritance · coffers · bankroll · capital · assets · estate · hoard · lucre · mammon
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
misersspendthrifts
Habitual money wasters
philanthropists · prodigals · wastrels · wasters · big spenders
misersspendthrifts
Habitual money wasters
profligates · squanderers · hedonists · epicureans · bon vivants
misersascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
renunciants · monks · minimalists · mendicants · hippies
- put out of one's miseryKill to end suffering
- put someone out of their miseryEnd suffering through death
- putting someone out of their miseryEnding suffering through death
- misery pornContent glorifying suffering
- misery gutsHabitually gloomy person
- misery memoir