stinginess
Reluctance to share
Stinginess is an excessive reluctance to spend money or share resources.
The word carries moral judgment—implying not just frugality but a meanness of spirit: His stinginess extended even to birthday gifts for his children.
Where thrift might be admired, stinginess suggests someone who has enough but refuses to part with it.
Stingy wealth hoarder
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- cheapskateStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
hoarder · skinflint · niggard · pinchpenny · closefisted · tightfisted · ungenerous · grudging
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- selfishnessExcessive concern for oneself
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
rapacity · insatiability · materialism · possessiveness · money-grubbing · grasping · voracity · mercenary
Careful use of resources
- economySystem of trade and production
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
economizing · conservation · cost-effectiveness · resourcefulness · carefulness · restraint · moderation · self-discipline
Deficient supply of necessities
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- deficitAmount still owed
lack · want · privation · meagerness · inadequacy · sparseness · rationing · deprivation
miser
Stingy wealth hoarder
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- cheapskateStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
penny-pincher · hoarder · skinflint · niggard · pinchpenny · closefisted · tightfisted · ungenerous · grudging · mean
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- selfishnessExcessive concern for oneself
hoarding · rapacity · insatiability · materialism · possessiveness · money-grubbing · grasping · voracity · mercenary · usury
thrift
Careful use of resources
- economySystem of trade and production
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- savingsAccumulated money kept
prudence · economizing · conservation · cost-effectiveness · resourcefulness · carefulness · restraint · moderation · self-discipline · minimalism
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
deficit · lack · want · privation · meagerness · inadequacy · sparseness · rationing · deprivation · limited
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- selfishnessselfishness, greed, egoism, narcissism, self-centeredness
- stinginessmiserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, tightfistedness, cheapness
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, greedy, cheap
- petty behaviorsspite, malice, meanness, nastiness, bitterness
stinginessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
generousness · openhandedness · liberality · largesse · largess
stinginessextravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
lavishness · prodigality · wastefulness · squandering · profligacy
stinginessbenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
philanthropy · openheartedness · unselfishness · charitableness · magnanimity