money-grubber
Greedy penny-pincher
A money-grubber is someone obsessively focused on acquiring money, especially through petty or undignified means.
The term is always disparaging, suggesting greed without grandeur—not a tycoon building an empire, but someone who pinches pennies and chases dollars at the expense of dignity or relationships: Don't be such a money-grubber—tip the waiter properly.
Stingy wealth hoarder
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
cheapskate · skinflint · niggard · curmudgeon · tightfisted · miserly · stingy · penurious
Values physical over spiritual
- consumeristFocused on acquiring goods
- gold diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
- fortune hunterOne seeking wealthy partners
- social climberOne pursuing higher status
yuppie · nouveau riche · acquisitive · ostentatious · shallow · superficial · keeping up with the Joneses
One exploiting shortages
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
- gougerOne who overcharges unfairly
- loan sharkIllegal high-interest moneylender
usurer · extortionist · racketeer · exploiter · opportunist · con artist · chiseler · fleecer
Wealth as deity
- lucreMoney, disparagingly
- filthy richExtremely, offensively wealthy
- fat catWealthy, influential person
- plutocratRuler through wealth
mogul · tycoon · magnate · wealth-obsessed · get-rich-quick
miser
Stingy wealth hoarder
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
tightwad · cheapskate · skinflint · niggard · curmudgeon · tightfisted · miserly · stingy · penurious · parsimonious
materialist
Values physical over spiritual
- consumeristFocused on acquiring goods
- gold diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
- fortune hunterOne seeking wealthy partners
social climber · yuppie · nouveau riche · acquisitive · ostentatious · shallow · superficial · keeping up with the Joneses
profiteer
One exploiting shortages
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
- gougerOne who overcharges unfairly
loan shark · usurer · extortionist · racketeer · exploiter · opportunist · con artist · chiseler · fleecer · shark
mammon
Wealth as deity
- lucreMoney, disparagingly
- filthy richExtremely, offensively wealthy
- fat catWealthy, influential person
plutocrat · mogul · tycoon · magnate · wealth-obsessed · get-rich-quick
- penny pincherscheapskate, miser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
money-grubberphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · giver · altruist · donor · patron
money-grubberidealist
Pursuer of noble principles
ascetic · saint · humanitarian · monk · Mother Teresa