penny pinchers

Extremely thrifty people

Penny pinchers are people who are extremely careful with money, often to an excessive or miserly degree.

The term carries a mildly disapproving tone, suggesting someone who obsesses over small amounts: The penny pinchers in accounting rejected our office supply request.

Related forms include the verb penny-pinch and the adjective penny-pinching.

Opposites
spending behavior

penny pinchersspendthrifts

Habitual money wasters

big spenders · profligates · splurgers · squanderers · wastrels

generosity

penny pinchersphilanthropists

Generous supporters of good causes

benefactors · givers · altruists · patrons · sugar daddies

financial philosophy

penny pinchersspeculators

Those betting on markets

hedonists · bon vivants · gamblers · pleasure seekers

Family

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Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G