Synonyms of cheapskate
34 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for cheapskate is scrooge. Other synonyms of cheapskate are niggard, piker, scrimp and skinflint. The opposite of cheapskate is spendthrift.
Synonyms and similar words for cheapskate
nounSomeone who stingily avoids spending money.
- miser
- cheapass slangA stingy person; a cheapskate.
- cheapie informalA person who is stingy, a miser.
- cheapo slangA person who is stingy, a miser.
- churlA person who is stingy, especially with money; a selfish miser, a niggard.
- el cheapo slang
- last of the big spendersSomeone who does not spend much money.
- magpie
- moneygrubberA person who is avariciously and greedily intent on accumulating money.
- muckworm
- nickel nurserA miser.
- niggardA miser or stingy person; a skinflint.
- nipcheese
- penny pincherOne who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
- pickpenny
- pikerA stingy person; a cheapskate.
- pincher
- pinchfistA miser.
- pinchpennyOne who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
- scrimpA pinching miser; a niggard.
- scroogeA miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
- snudge derogatory, dialectal
- squirrel
- skinflintOne who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
- tight-arse slang
- tightwadOne who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
- carl Scotland, obsoleteA stingy person; a niggard.
- clutchfist obsoleteA miser.
- nig archaic
- nigon obsoleteNiggard, miser.
- nipfarthing obsoleteA miser.
- penny-father obsoleteA miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.
- pinch-commons obsoleteA miser; especially someone parsimonious with food.
- pinch-gut obsoleteA miser; especially someone parsimonious with food.
Opposite of cheapskate
nounSomeone who stingily avoids spending money.
Meaning of cheapskate
- noun Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- noun Someone who does not give freely.
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