Synonyms of the word

penny-pinching

• adj. reluctant to spend money; close-fisted.
• n. reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony.
• n. Instance of extreme economy.

cheeseparing

• v. present participle of cheesepare.
• adj. Niggardly, stingy.
• n. A small fragment or sliver.

close

• v. (physical) To remove a gap.
• v. (social) To finish, to terminate.
• v. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
• v. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
• n. An end or conclusion.
• n. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
• n. A grapple in wrestling.
• n. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
• n. (music) A double bar marking the end.
• adj. (now rare) Closed, shut.
• adj. Narrow; confined.
• adj. At a little distance; near.
• adj. Intimate; well-loved.
• adj. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
• adj. (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
• adj. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
• adj. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
• adj. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
• adj. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
• adj. Short.
• adj. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
• adj. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
• adj. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
• adj. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
• adj. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
• adj. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
• adj. Marked, evident.
• n. (now rare) An enclosed field.
• n. (Britain) A street that ends in a dead end.
• n. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the…
• n. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
• n. A cathedral close.
• n. (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.

frugality

• n. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
• n. A sparing use; sparingness.

frugalness

• n. The property of being frugal.

near

• adj. Physically close.
• adj. Closely connected or related.
• adj. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
• adj. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
• adj. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
• adj. (of an event) Approaching.
• adj. Approximate, almost.
• adj. (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
• adj. (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
• adj. (obsolete, slang) Stingy; parsimonious.
• adv. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
• adv. (colloquial) nearly.
• prep. Close to, in close proximity to.
• prep. Close to in time.
• v. To come closer to; to approach.
• n. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

parsimoniousness

• n. The state or condition of being parsimonious.

parsimony

• n. (by extension) The principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.
• n. Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

skinny

• adj. (informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
• adj. (informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
• adj. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
• n. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
• n. A state of nakedness; nudity.
• n. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
• n. A skinny being.

stingy

• adj. Stinging; able to sting.
• adj. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
• adj. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

thrift

• n. (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
• n. (countable, US) A savings bank.
• n. (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
• n. (obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
• n. (obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
• v. (transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.

ungenerous

• adj. Not generous; stingy.