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Synonyms for stingy in English

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stingy:
- avaricious; stingy; miserly; niggardly; false; fictitious; faked; feigned; sham; not genuine; bogus; mean; despicable; scornful; meagre; meagrely; meager; scrimpy; meagerly; ungenerous
- mean; stingy; miserly; sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; greedy

English

Detailed Synonyms for stingy in English

stingy:

stingy adj

stingy
avaricious; stingy; miserly; niggardly
- avaricious adj
- stingy adj
- miserly adj
- niggardly adj
stingy
false; fictitious; faked; feigned; sham; stingy; not genuine; bogus; mean
- false adj
- fictitious adj
- faked adj
- feigned adj
- sham adj
- stingy adj
- not genuine adj
- bogus adj
- mean adj
stingy
despicable; scornful; niggardly; mean; false; stingy
- despicable adj
- scornful adj
- niggardly adj
- mean adj
- false adj
- stingy adj
stingy

– deficient in amount or quality or extent ¹
stingy; meagre; meagrely; meager; scrimpy; meagerly
– deficient in amount or quality or extent ¹
- stingy adj
- meagre adj, British
- meagrely adj, British
- meager adj, American
  - meager resources¹
  - meager fare¹
- scrimpy adj
- meagerly adj, American
stingy

– unwilling to spend ¹
stingy; ungenerous
– unwilling to spend ¹
- stingy adj
  - she practices economy without being stingy¹
- ungenerous adj
  - an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds¹

stingy

stingy
mean; stingy; miserly
- mean
- stingy
- miserly
stingy
mean; stingy; sparing; niggardly; parsimonious
- mean
- stingy
- sparing
- niggardly
- parsimonious
stingy
greedy; stingy
- greedy
- stingy

Related Words for "stingy":

stinginess, stingier, stingiest

Alternate Synonyms for "stingy":

Antonyms for "stingy":

generous; ample

Related Definitions for "stingy":

deficient in amount or quality or extent¹
unwilling to spend¹
- she practices economy without being stingy¹

Related Synonyms for stingy

be stingy

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University