pinchpenny
Extremely frugal individual
A pinchpenny is someone excessively reluctant to spend money—a miser or cheapskate.
The word works as both noun and adjective: a pinchpenny landlord who refused to fix the heating.
It suggests someone who would pinch (squeeze hard) every penny rather than part with it.
The tone is mildly contemptuous, painting thrift as stinginess.
Excessively reluctant to spend
- closefistedReluctant to give money
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
- ungenerousUnwilling to give freely
grudging · mean · penurious · chintzy · parsimonious · cheeseparing · illiberal · near
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
provident · budget-conscious · cost-conscious · resourceful · measured · restrained · disciplined · sensible
Miserly, stingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- niggardExtremely stingy person
- moneygrubberOne obsessed with accumulating wealth
curmudgeon · hunks · save-all · scrimp · churl · accumulator · stasher
miserly
Excessively reluctant to spend
- closefistedReluctant to give money
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
ungenerous · grudging · mean · penurious · chintzy · parsimonious · cheeseparing · illiberal · near · mingy
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- prudentExercising sound judgment
careful · provident · budget-conscious · cost-conscious · resourceful · measured · restrained · disciplined · sensible · conservative
scrooge
Miserly, stingy person
moneygrubber · curmudgeon · hunks · save-all · scrimp · churl · accumulator · stasher
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, stingy, tightfistedness
- cheapskatestightwad, Scrooge, niggard
- penny pinchersmiser, scrooge, tightwad, scrimper, piker
pinchpennyspendthrift
Reckless with money
profligate · squanderer · prodigal · wastrel · big spender
pinchpennygenerous
Willing to give freely
munificent · openhanded · liberal · bountiful · freehanded
pinch, penny, pinched, pinching, pennies, penning, cheapskate, skinflint, pennywise