pinchpennies
Extreme budget keepers
Pinchpennies is the plural of pinchpenny—a person who is excessively frugal or stingy.
The word combines the gesture of pinching with the smallest unit of currency, suggesting someone who guards even trivial amounts: The pinchpennies on the board voted against new equipment again.
Stingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
hoarder · tightfisted · closefisted · parsimonious · niggardly · avaricious · greedy · grasping
Miserly, stingy person
- shylockPredatory, extortionate lender
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
- skinflintStingy person
- pikerStingy person, slang
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- providentShowing careful foresight
careful · sensible · resourceful · practical · wise · disciplined · conservative · measured
cheapskate
Stingy person
miser · hoarder · tightfisted · closefisted · parsimonious · niggardly · avaricious · greedy · grasping · moneygrubbing
scrooge
Miserly, stingy person
- shylockPredatory, extortionate lender
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
- skinflintStingy person
piker · hunks · money-grubber · tightwad
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- sparingUsing resources minimally
provident · careful · sensible · resourceful · practical · wise · disciplined · conservative · measured · abstemious
scrimp
Spend very sparingly
ration · tighten · economize · conserve · save · budget · haggling · bargain-hunting · belt-tightening
pinchpenniesspendthrifts
Habitual money wasters
big spenders · profligates · squanderers · wastrels · splurgers
pinchpenniesphilanthropists
Generous supporters of good causes
benefactors · patrons · sugar daddies · angels · donors
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