adj. Function: adjective
being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others FF1C; too stingy to tip the waiter FF1E;
Synonyms: cheap, cheeseparing, ||chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, costive, hardfisted, hardhanded, ironfisted, mean, mingy, miserly, ||narrow, narrow-fisted, narrowhearted, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, save-all, ||scant, scrimpy, scrimy, tight, tightfisted, ungenerous, ungiving; compare SPARING
Related Words: economical, frugal, Scotch, sparing, thrifty; scaly, screwy
Idioms: as close as a vise, as close ( or tight) as paper on a wall, near ( or close or tight) as the bark on a tree
Contrasted Words: bountiful, giving, liberal, munificent, openhanded, philanthropic, unsparing, unstinting; prodigal
Antonyms: generous