scrimper
Frugal person, excessively
A scrimper is someone who scrimps—who spends sparingly, cuts corners, and stretches resources to make ends meet.
The word carries a slight note of judgment, suggesting excessive frugality: My grandmother was a scrimper who reused tea bags three times.
Excessively frugal person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- skinflintStingy person
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- cheapskateStingy person
pinchpenny · hoarder · saver · budgeter · bargain-hunter · thrifty · parsimonious · stingy
One who accumulates reserves
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
- providentShowing careful foresight
- stasherOne who conceals belongings
- budgeterOne who allocates funds
One favoring bare essentials
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- abstemiousPracticing restraint with indulgences
- self-denyingSacrificing personal wants
abstainer · bare-bones · no-frills · modest · restrained · unpretentious · disciplined · meager
penny-pincher
Excessively frugal person
cheapskate · pinchpenny · hoarder · saver · budgeter · bargain-hunter · thrifty · parsimonious · stingy · tightfisted
stockpiler
One who accumulates reserves
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
- providentShowing careful foresight
- stasherOne who conceals belongings
minimalist
One favoring bare essentials
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- abstemiousPracticing restraint with indulgences
self-denying · abstainer · bare-bones · no-frills · modest · restrained · unpretentious · disciplined · meager
improviser
One who creates spontaneously
repurposer · upcycler · DIYer · mender · patcher · preserver · conservationist · ingenious · inventive · adaptive
- penny pincherscheapskate, miser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge
scrimperspendthrift
Reckless with money
big spender · squanderer · wastrel · profligate · prodigal
scrimperphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
lavisher · benefactor · patron · magnate · sugar daddy
- scrimp and saveSpend minimally, accumulate money