stingy

Definition of stingy

Adjectives

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