miser
/ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)/
miser noun: a person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
Noun
miser (plural misers)
- A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
- Scrooge was a typical miser: spending nothing he could save, nor enjoying his wealth.
- […] foꝛ it was many times notoꝛious vnto al mẽ, yͭ he did eate in his houſe no other fleſh by the ſpace of iii. dayes, but on Hare, whiche was ſent him. He was ſuch a miſer to ſpend, ⁊ ſo deſirous to hooꝛd and lay vp money, yͭ had it not béene foꝛ ſome dayes of ſacrifices, oꝛ his bidden gueſts, not...1577, Antonio de Guevara, translated by Edward Hellowes, A Chronicle, Conteyning the Liues of Tenne Emperours of Rome […] , London: Ralph Newbery, page 257
- Antonyms:
- big spender, dingthrift, neve, overspender, prodigal, profligate, saprophage, scattergood, slipstring, slipthrift
- A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.
- […] a poore virgin ſir, an il-fauor’d thing ſir, but mine owne, a poore humour of mine ſir, to take that that no man elſe will: rich honeſtie dwels like a miſer ſir, in a poore houſe, as your Pearle in your foule oyſter.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
Proper noun capitalized: Miser
Miser (plural Misers)
- A surname.
miser meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
miser in Hindi
- skinflint or scrooge
- कंजूस kañjūs
miser in Tamil
- கருமி, கஞ்சன், உலோபி
miser in Urdu
- skinflint or scrooge
- چنڈال
miser in Bengali
- a miser, a stingy person
- কৃপণ kripôn
- miser, scrooge
- কিপটা kipṭa
More languagesFewer languages
- miser in Telugu
- లోభి lōbhi, పిసినారి pisināri, పీనాసి pīnāsi, పీనాశి pīnāśi
- miser in Malayalam
- പിശുക്കൻ piśukkaṉ, അറുപിശുക്കൻ aṟupiśukkaṉ, ലുബ്ധൻ lubdhaṉ
- miser in Kannada
- ನೆಲಕಲ, ಪಂಜೆ, ಕಕ್ಕುಲಿತೆಕಾರ, ಕಕ್ಕುಲಿತೆಗಾರ
- miser in Sanskrit
- कीनाश kīnāśa, आशय āśayá
- miser in Assamese
- কুৱাং kuaṅ
- miser in Tagalog
- kuripot, singgi
- miser in Arabic
- بَخِيل baḵīl, بَخِيلَة baḵīla
- miser in Persian
- خسیس xasis, اسکروج eskoruj
- miser in Vietnamese
- thần giữ của
Synonyms of miser
- cheapass
- cheapie
- cheapskate
- cheapo
- churl
- el cheapo
- last of the big spenders
- magpie
- moneygrubber
- muckworm
24 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
- big spender
- overspender
- prodigal
- profligate
- saprophage
- spendthrift
- splurge
- splurger
- squanderer
- waster
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of miser
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | misers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Misers |
Origin of miser
From Middle English misser, from Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).
Words formed from miser
Words that rhyme with miser
Questions about miser
- What does miser mean?
- Miser means a person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
- What is miser in Hindi?
- Miser in Hindi is कंजूस (kañjūs). See Miser meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is miser?
- Miser can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce miser?
- Miser is pronounced /ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of miser?
- The plural of miser is misers.
Words near miser in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: miser (page history and authors); Miser (page history and authors); miser (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কিপটা (Bengali) (page history and authors); miser (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आशय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); কুৱাং (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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