penny-pinching English

Meaning penny-pinching meaning

What does penny-pinching mean?

penny-pinching

— adjective (= cheeseparing, close, near) giving or spending with reluctance our cheeseparing administration very close (or near) with his money a penny-pinching miserly old man

— noun (= parsimony) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Synonyms penny-pinching synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as penny-pinching?

penny-pinching English » English

thrift

stingy

skinny

parsimony

parsimoniousness

niggardly

near

close

cheeseparing

ungenerous

tightwad

stinginess

skinflint

pinchpenny

parsimonious

niggard

miserly

miserliness

miser

mean

cheesparing

cheapskate