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Synonyms for penny-pinching in English

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penny-pinching:
- close; near; skinny; cheeseparing; penny-pinching
- thrift; parsimony; penny-pinching; parsimoniousness

English

Detailed Synonyms for penny-pinching in English

penny-pinching:

penny-pinching adj

penny-pinching

– giving or spending with reluctance ¹
close; near; skinny; cheeseparing; penny-pinching
– giving or spending with reluctance ¹
- close adj
  - very close (or near) with his money¹
- near adj
  - very close (or near) with his money¹
- skinny adj
- cheeseparing adj
  - our cheeseparing administration¹
- penny-pinching adj
  - a penny-pinching miserly old man¹

penny-pinching [the ~] noun

the penny-pinching

– extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily ¹
the thrift; the parsimony; the penny-pinching; the parsimoniousness
– extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily ¹
- thrift [the ~] noun
- parsimony [the ~] noun
- penny-pinching [the ~] noun
- parsimoniousness [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "penny-pinching":

cheeseparing; close; near; skinny; stingy; ungenerous
parsimony; parsimoniousness; thrift; frugality; frugalness

Related Definitions for "penny-pinching":

giving or spending with reluctance¹
- a penny-pinching miserly old man¹
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily¹

Related Synonyms for penny-pinching

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