What is another word for miserly?
458 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ mˈa͡ɪzəli], [ mˈaɪzəli], [ m_ˈaɪ_z_ə_l_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for miserly:- ascetic (adjective)
- avaricious (adjective)
- chary (adjective)
- cheap (adjective)
- churlish (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- close-fisted (adjective)
- despicable (adjective)
- economical (adjective)
- few (adjective)
- grasping (adjective)
- greedy (adjective)
- greedy, stingy (adjective)
- hard-fisted (adjective)
- inadequate (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- measly (adjective)
- mercenary (adjective)
- penny-pinching (adjective)
- penurious (adjective)
- self-indulgent (adjective)
- selfish (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- skimpy (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- sordid (adjective)
- stingy (adjective)
- tightfisted (adjective)
- ungenerous (adjective)
- compactly (adverb)
- selfishly (adverb)
- ascetically (adverb)
- compactly (adverb)
- insufficiently (adverb)
- selfishly (adverb)
- stingily (adverb)
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Synonyms for Miserly:
adj.
•ascetic (adjective)- dry,
- franciscan,
- celibate,
- penitential,
- stark,
- severe,
- hermit-like,
- abstinent,
- monastic,
- teetotaling,
- stoic,
- trappist,
- repentant.
- un civilized,
- un mannerly,
- un civil,
- more unneighborly,
- un cultured,
- more cloddish,
- un sociable,
- most cloddish,
- un-civilized,
- most crabbed,
- most lowbred,
- most cussed,
- more lowbred,
- un-polished,
- un-neighborly,
- more clodhopping,
- more cussed,
- dis courteous,
- un neighborly,
- most unneighborly,
- un-mannerly,
- dis-courteous,
- un polished,
- oafish,
- most clodhopping,
- morose,
- un-cultured,
- un-sociable,
- illtempered,
- ill tempered,
- gruff,
- un-civil.
- more close handed,
- more close-handed,
- Closehanded,
- more closehanded,
- most close handed,
- most closehanded,
- most close-handed,
- close fisted,
- close handed.
- timesaving,
- time-saving,
- provident,
- unwasteful,
- money-saving,
- work-saving,
- on the rims,
- penny-wise,
- prudential.
- in-satiable,
- most gobbling,
- most esurient,
- more gormandizing,
- more guzzling,
- edacious,
- in satiate,
- in temperate,
- most grudging,
- more swinish,
- more grudging,
- in-temperate,
- more craving,
- most craving,
- in-satiate,
- most gulping,
- more insatiate,
- most gormandizing,
- most insatiate,
- more esurient,
- most swinish,
- in satiable,
- most guzzling,
- most ravening,
- more gulping,
- more gobbling,
- more ravening.
- in-capable,
- in-appreciable,
- in-complete,
- minus,
- un equal,
- more stinted,
- glitchest,
- in-apter,
- inconsiderable,
- in capable,
- in considerable,
- most lemon,
- in substantial,
- in-aptest,
- un-equal,
- junkest,
- in-adequate,
- in-considerable,
- un-qualified,
- lemon,
- junker,
- un productive,
- in apter,
- most stinted,
- in-competent,
- in commensurate,
- too little,
- impotent,
- in-commensurate,
- more lemon,
- in appreciable,
- in competent,
- incapable,
- in aptest,
- glitcher,
- in adequate,
- bushleague,
- in complete,
- un qualified,
- in-substantial,
- incomplete,
- un-productive.
- most bribable,
- money grubbing,
- most money grubbing,
- more money-grubbing,
- un-ethical,
- un-principled,
- un ethical,
- un scrupulous,
- un principled,
- most moneygrubbing,
- most money-grubbing,
- more money grubbing,
- un-scrupulous,
- more moneygrubbing,
- more bribable.
- more ungiving,
- un giving,
- more hoarding,
- most pinchpenny,
- un-charitable,
- most ungiving,
- more pinchpenny,
- most hoarding,
- un charitable,
- un-giving.
- dis-honorable,
- more despisable,
- in glorious,
- un-kind,
- un-worthier,
- un-kindest,
- in-glorious,
- un worthiest,
- low down,
- un kinder,
- more lowdown,
- most lowdown,
- scummiest,
- dis-reputable,
- un worthier,
- dis graceful,
- un kind,
- more low-down,
- dis reputable,
- un-worthy,
- most low down,
- un kindest,
- un worthy,
- most low-down,
- most despisable,
- scummy,
- more low down,
- dis-graceful,
- un-worthiest,
- un-kinder,
- dis honorable.
- teensy,
- compact,
- teeny,
- smallish,
- picayune,
- miniature,
- short,
- petite,
- microscopic,
- trifling,
- minor,
- wee,
- tiny,
- baby,
- bantam,
- delicate,
- nugatory,
- minute,
- weeny,
- toy,
- modest,
- pocket,
- diminutive,
- teeny-weeny,
- itty-bitty.
- de-graded,
- un cleanliest,
- un clean,
- un-cleaner,
- un cleanest,
- small minded,
- uncleanly,
- un cleanlier,
- slumer,
- de-generate,
- un-cleanliest,
- un-cleanly,
- smallminded,
- slummiest,
- un-cleanest,
- de graded,
- de generate,
- slumest,
- scurvier,
- un cleaner,
- un-cleanlier,
- scurviest,
- un cleanly.
adv
•compactly (adverb) •selfishly (adverb)adv.
•ascetically (adverb)- severely,
- starkly,
- abstemiously,
- stoically,
- Abstinently,
- parsimoniously,
- Monastically,
- ascetically,
- austerely.
n.
Other synonyms:
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- costive.
- contemn,
- depreciate,
- airtight,
- loathe,
- debase,
- dirty,
- minimize,
- acquisitiveness,
- blotto,
- tipsy,
- loaded,
- miserable,
- rigid,
- saving,
- ignore,
- churl,
- covetousness,
- average,
- unaccommodating,
- frugality,
- excellent,
- insignificant,
- cockeyed,
- bastardly,
- hedonic,
- malice,
- omit,
- scrubby,
- greed,
- strict,
- taut,
- denigrate,
- compressed,
- deprecate,
- scrooge,
- cheese-paring,
- hateful,
- parsimony,
- fuddled,
- closeness,
- avidity,
- peddling,
- decry,
- meanspirited,
- begrudging,
- miserliness,
- base,
- scotch,
- cut,
- flout,
- fail,
- uncharitable,
- disparage,
- pettiness,
- demean,
- stringent,
- meanness,
- small-minded,
- miser,
- nasty,
- grudging,
- economy,
- stiff,
- small-scale,
- thoughtless,
- scorn,
- stinting,
- Mean-spirited,
- scoff,
- despise,
- belittle,
- prudent,
- rapacity,
- hedonistic,
- unsatisfactory,
- stinginess,
- selfishness,
- disregard,
- conservative,
- crocked,
- rigorous,
- unpretentious,
- pie-eyed,
- Economizing,
- wedge,
- abase,
- greediness,
- squiffy,
- adjacent,
- pathetic,
- hidebound,
- cupidity,
- desire,
- defy,
- detest,
- sloshed,
- extortionate,
- inconsiderate,
- Griping,
- besotted,
- meagre,
- tightwad,
- avarice,
- soused,
- humble,
- wet,
- potty,
- nearby,
- penuriously.
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Adjective
stingy.
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Independent
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Antonyms for Miserly:
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Other antonyms:
good-hearted, splurging, greathearted, openhearted, overgenerous, thriftless, wasting, compassionate, handsome, hospitable, kindly, Frittering, altruistic, selfless.
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