Definition of stingy
Adjectives
unwilling to spend
"she practices economy without being stingy"
- Synonyms:
- ungenerous
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uncharitable
lacking love and generosity
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meanspirited
lacking in magnanimity
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selfish
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
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beggarly, mean
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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cheap, chinchy, chintzy
embarrassingly stingy
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cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
giving or spending with reluctance
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closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted
unwilling to part with money
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grudging, niggardly, scrimy
petty or reluctant in giving or spending
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mingy, miserly, tight
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
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parsimonious, penurious
excessively unwilling to spend
- Antonyms:
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generous
willing to give and share unstintingly
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charitable
full of love and generosity
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unselfish
disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others
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benevolent, freehearted
generous in providing aid to others
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big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded
given or giving freely
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lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
very generous
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deficient in amount or quality or extent
- Synonyms:
- meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy
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scarce
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
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minimal, minimum
the least possible
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deficient, insufficient
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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bare, scanty, spare
lacking in amplitude or quantity
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exiguous
extremely scanty
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hand-to-mouth
providing only bare essentials
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hardscrabble
barely satisfying a lower standard
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measly, miserable, paltry
contemptibly small in amount
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ample
more than enough in size or scope or capacity
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abundant
present in great quantity
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sufficient
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
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full, good
having the normally expected amount
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generous
more than adequate
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wide, wide-cut
having ample fabric
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