Synonyms of pinchpenny

pinchpenny

adjective

ˈpinch-ˌpe-nē 

as in careful

giving or sharing as little as possible

her pinchpenny parents aren't likely to loan her the money she needs for the down payment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• careful
• close
• tight
• selfish
• cheap
• greedy
• pinching
• mean
• desirous
• closefisted
• miserly
• ungenerous
• spare
• parsimonious
• sparing
• stingy
• penurious
• economical
• tightfisted
• chintzy
• uncharitable
• small
• conserving
• penny-pinching
• saving
• mingy
• niggard
• niggardly
• stinting
• thrifty
• mercenary
• frugal
• avid
• covetous
• chary
• avaricious
• economizing
• sordid
• shabby
• grudging
• envious
• itchy
• grasping
• acquisitive
• begrudging
• coveting
• rapacious
• hoggish
• resentful
• inhospitable
• skimping
• scrimping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberal
• generous
• bountiful
• charitable
• bounteous
• munificent
• unsparing
• free
• unstinting
• openhanded
• altruistic
• unselfish
• selfless
• handsome
• extravagant
• lavish
• benevolent
• profuse
• beneficent
• philanthropic
• overgenerous
• humanitarian
• hospitable
• philanthropical
• freehanded
• magnanimous
• kindly
• compassionate
• unthrifty
• openhearted
• wasteful
• greathearted
• wasting
• prodigal
• profligate
• spendthrift
• good-hearted
• dissipating
• thriftless
• squandering
• splurging
• frittering