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synonyms for penny-pinching

  • miserly
  • parsimonious
  • penurious
  • stingy
  • tight
On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to penny-pinching, such as: miserly, parsimonious, penurious, stingy, and tight.

antonyms for penny-pinching

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  • generous
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How to use penny-pinching in a sentence

Hang these penny-pinching fathers, that cram wealth in innocent lamb-skins.
THE MERMAID SERIES. EDITED BY H. ELLIS. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS. THOMAS DEKKER. EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ERNEST RHYS.THOMAS DEKKER
Of course, that shouldn't be—you construe that as you please, but if you think it is penny-pinching it may be.
WARREN COMMISSION (9 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. IX (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
That penny-pinching Skinner wants me to cut corners and get myself into trouble so he can fire me.
CAPPY RICKSPETER B. KYNE
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WORDS RELATED TO PENNY-PINCHING

  • avidity
  • close-fistedness
  • covetousness
  • cupidity
  • frugality
  • grabbiness
  • greediness
  • miserliness
  • parsimony
  • penny-pinching
  • penuriousness
  • rapacity
  • stinginess
  • thrift
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.