penurious
Unwilling to spend
Penurious means extremely poor or unwilling to spend money.
The word carries a formal, almost literary tone.
A penurious person might be genuinely impoverished or simply miserly: The penurious old man refused to heat his house.
The related noun is penury.
Utterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- needyWanting in essentials
- poverty-strickenExtremely poor condition
- pauperizedMade extremely poor
down-and-out · hand-to-mouth · beggarly · necessitous · straitened · broke · insolvent · bankrupt
Excessively reluctant to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
- closefistedReluctant to give money
ungenerous · cheapskate · scrooge · hoarder · grasping · mean · selfish · pinchpenny
Barely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- scantyInsufficient in amount
- paltryContemptibly meager
- skimpyInadequate in size or amount
meager · inadequate · insufficient · limited · bare · wanting · deficient · lacking
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
prudent · careful · abstemious · saving · cost-conscious · scrimp · pinching · skimping
destitute
Utterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- needyWanting in essentials
- poverty-strickenExtremely poor condition
pauperized · down-and-out · hand-to-mouth · beggarly · necessitous · straitened · broke · insolvent · bankrupt · underprivileged
miserly
Excessively reluctant to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
closefisted · ungenerous · cheapskate · scrooge · hoarder · grasping · mean · selfish · pinchpenny · skinflint
scant
Barely adequate amount
skimpy · meager · inadequate · insufficient · limited · bare · wanting · deficient · lacking · lean
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
scrimping · prudent · careful · abstemious · saving · cost-conscious · scrimp · pinching · skimping · provident
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, stingy, tightfistedness
penuriouswealthy
Having abundant financial resources
rich · affluent · prosperous · well-off · well-to-do
penuriousgenerous
Willing to give freely
munificent · openhanded · lavish · liberal · freehanded