niggard
One who hoards
A niggard is a stingy or miserly person: Don't be such a niggard.
The word has no etymological connection to the racial slur—it derives from Middle English and Scandinavian roots meaning miser.
However, the phonetic resemblance has made niggard and its derivatives (niggardly, niggardliness) effectively unusable in modern speech.
Most speakers avoid them entirely to prevent misunderstanding, choosing miser or skinflint instead.
Stingy wealth hoarder
- skinflintStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- cheapskateStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
scrooge · hoarder · curmudgeon · pinchpenny · churl · hunks · moneygrubber · piker
Excessive reluctance to spend
- miserlinessExcessive reluctance to spend
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- cheapnessLow price quality
tightfistedness · penny-pinching · grudging · withholding · hoarding · scrimping · economizing · meanness
miser
Stingy wealth hoarder
- skinflintStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- cheapskateStingy person
penny-pincher · scrooge · hoarder · curmudgeon · pinchpenny · churl · hunks · moneygrubber · piker · stingy
stinginess
Excessive reluctance to spend
- miserlinessExcessive reluctance to spend
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
- frugalityEconomical resource management
cheapness · tightfistedness · penny-pinching · grudging · withholding · hoarding · scrimping · economizing · meanness · closeness
- cheapskatescheapskate, penny pincher, tightwad, skinflint, Scrooge
- penny pincherscheapskate, miser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge
niggardphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · charitable donor · patron · altruist · fairy godmother
niggardspendthrift
Reckless with money
profligate · prodigal · squanderer · waster · wastrel