skinflint

Tightwad with money

A skinflint is a miser—someone excessively reluctant to spend money.

The word carries contempt for penny-pinching taken to absurd extremes: The old skinflint wouldn't even tip the delivery driver.

It suggests someone who would skin a flint to save a penny, squeezing value from the worthless.

synonym

miser

Stingy wealth hoarder

tightwadStingy person, slang
penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
scroogeMiserly, stingy person

niggard · pinchpenny · moneygrubber · piker · hoarder · curmudgeon · hunks · scraper · save-all

trait

stingy

Unwilling to spend freely

miserlyExcessively reluctant to spend
tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
closefistedReluctant to give money

parsimonious · penurious · niggardly · ungenerous · mean · grasping · avaricious · greedy · covetous · selfish

behavior

hoarding

Excessive accumulation of goods

penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
hagglingNegotiating a lower price

shortchanging · stinting · withholding · begrudging · skimping · pinching pennies · counting pennies · cutting corners

literary

Scrooge

Miserly, cold-hearted person

EbenezerHebrew name, commemorative stone
misanthropeOne who hates humanity

Shylock · Fagin

Categories

compound slangairhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, dimwit
greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy
thrift sayingspenny saved, penny wise, pinch pennies, penny pincher, live within means
cheapskatespenny pincher, tightwad, Scrooge, pinchpenny, niggard
penny pinchersmiser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge, tightwad

Opposites

generosity and spending behavior

skinflintspendthrift

Reckless with money

prodigal · squanderer · profligate · wastrel · big spender

Family

skinflints, skinflick

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G