stingy
Reluctant to share
Stingy describes someone reluctant to spend money or share resources—unwilling to give more than absolutely necessary.
A stingy tipper leaves the minimum.
A stingy portion is smaller than expected.
The word carries judgment: being stingy isn't prudent or thrifty, it's ungenerous.
Don't be stingy with the butter.
Unwilling to spend freely
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- closefistedReluctant to give money
- ungenerousUnwilling to give freely
grudging · hoarding · mean · penurious · chintzy · tight · pinching · sparing
Stingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
- skinflintStingy person
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
penny-pincher · hoarder · pinchpenny · cheapo · piker · moneygrubber
Barely adequate amount
- paltryContemptibly meager
- skimpyInadequate in size or amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- insufficientBelow required quantity
bare · minimal · lean · inadequate · thin · deficient · scarce · slight
Excessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- selfishConcerned only with oneself
self-serving · mercenary · materialistic · possessive · rapacious · grabby · money-grubbing · gold-digging
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- savingsAccumulated money kept
careful · sensible · moderate · restrained · judicious · provident · resourceful · cost-effective
tightfisted
Unwilling to spend freely
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- closefistedReluctant to give money
ungenerous · grudging · hoarding · mean · penurious · chintzy · tight · pinching · sparing · illiberal
cheapskate
Stingy person
miser · penny-pincher · hoarder · pinchpenny · cheapo · piker · moneygrubber
scant
Barely adequate amount
insufficient · bare · minimal · lean · inadequate · thin · deficient · scarce · slight · limited
avaricious
Excessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
selfish · self-serving · mercenary · materialistic · possessive · rapacious · grabby · money-grubbing · gold-digging · insatiable
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- prudentExercising sound judgment
savings · careful · sensible · moderate · restrained · judicious · provident · resourceful · cost-effective · bargain
- stinginessmiserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, tightfistedness, cheapness
- traitshonesty, ambitious, brave, calm, kindness
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, greedy, cheap
- selfish traitsselfish, greedy, self-centered, self-absorbed, egotistical
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
stingygenerous
Willing to give freely
liberal · freehanded · openhanded · unstinting · lavish
stingygenerous
Willing to give freely
bountiful · lavish · munificent · bounteous · profuse
stingygenerous
Willing to give freely
magnanimous · bighearted · charitable · benevolent · munificent
- bee stingInsect's venomous jab
- sting operationDeceptive arrest scheme
- wasp stingVenomous insect puncture
- stinging nettlesPlants causing contact dermatitis
- sting like a beeAttack with sharp precision
- jellyfish stingVenomous marine animal wound
sting, stinging, stinger, stingers, stinginess, stingily, stingier, stingiest