scrooge
Hoarder of wealth
A scrooge is a miserly, tight-fisted person who hoards money and resents spending it, especially on others.
The word comes from Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted miser in Charles Dickens's *A Christmas Carol*: Don't be such a scrooge—it's Christmas!
The term often carries connotations of joylessness alongside stinginess. (Capitalized Scrooge is the Dickens character.)
Excessively frugal person
- cheapskateStingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
niggard · piker · curmudgeon · accumulator · saver · miserly · stingy · tightfisted
Stingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- skinflintStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- cheapoInferior slang term
Grinch · killjoy · spoilsport · wet blanket · party pooper · sourpuss · grouch · crank
penny-pincher
Excessively frugal person
- cheapskateStingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
hoarder · niggard · piker · curmudgeon · accumulator · saver · miserly · stingy · tightfisted · closefisted
cheapskate
Stingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- skinflintStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
cheapo · Grinch · killjoy · spoilsport · wet blanket · party pooper · sourpuss · grouch · crank · grump
- penny pincherscheapskate, miser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, skinflint
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy
- difficult peopleegomaniac, egotist, nitpicker, drama queen, control freak
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
scroogephilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · giver · Santa Claus · spendthrift · big spender
scroogespendthrift
Reckless with money
profligate · squanderer · prodigal · wastrel · big spender
scroogeTiny Tim
Sickly Victorian street urchin
Bob Cratchit · mensch · Mr. Rogers · Saint Nicholas · sweetheart