stingy(Informal)[adjective]Synonyms: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching
(informal), tightfisted, ungenerous
Antonyms: generous
Contrasted words: bountiful, giving, liberal, munificent, openhanded, philanthropic, unsparing, unstinting, prodigal
Related 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
Related Words: economical,
frugal,
Scotch,
sparing,
thrifty,
scaly,
screwy [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
stin‧gy /ˈstɪndʒi/
adjective[
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: Probably from an unrecorded English dialect stinge 'sting' (noun)]
1. informal not generous, especially with money
Synonym : mean:
She’s too stingy to give money to charity.2. a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small:
a stingy portion of vegetables—stingily adverb—stinginess noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲