penny-pincher
Hoarder of coins
A penny-pincher is someone who is extremely careful with money, often to the point of being stingy or miserly.
The term carries mild disapproval, suggesting the person's frugality is excessive or annoying rather than simply prudent.
My uncle is such a penny-pincher he reuses paper towels.
The related adjective penny-pinching describes this behavior or attitude toward spending.
Stingy wealth hoarder
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- cheapskateStingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
miserly · tightfisted · parsimonious · niggardly · closefisted · ungenerous · mean · grasping
Inferior slang term
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- skinflintStingy person
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- cheapskateStingy person
miser · hoarder · money-grubber · piker · chiseler · sponge · freeloader · mooch
Prudent with resources
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- prudentExercising sound judgment
provident · cost-cutting · minimalist · spartan · austere · abstemious · self-denying · scrimping
Accumulated money kept
- piggybankChild's savings container
- 401kEmployer-sponsored retirement savings
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- depositPlace for safekeeping
investment · account · budget · reserve · stash · hoard · accumulation · bankroll
miser
Stingy wealth hoarder
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- cheapskateStingy person
- skinflintStingy person
scrooge · miserly · tightfisted · parsimonious · niggardly · closefisted · ungenerous · mean · grasping · chintzy
cheapo
Inferior slang term
cheapskate · miser · hoarder · money-grubber · piker · chiseler · sponge · freeloader · mooch · stingy
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
prudent · provident · cost-cutting · minimalist · spartan · austere · abstemious · self-denying · scrimping · careful
savings
Accumulated money kept
- piggybankChild's savings container
- 401kEmployer-sponsored retirement savings
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
deposit · investment · account · budget · reserve · stash · hoard · accumulation · bankroll · frugality
- penny pincherscheapskate, miser, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, stingy, greedy
- difficult peopleegomaniac, egotist, nitpicker, drama queen, control freak
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
- hardheadshardhead, mule, bullhead, donkey, hardliner
- hesitant typeshesitator, waverer, ditherer, fence-sitter, second guesser
penny-pincherspendthrift
Reckless with money
big spender · squanderer · wastrel · waster · spender
penny-pincherphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
big tipper · benefactor · patron · sugar daddy · Santa Claus
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