What is another word for niggardly?
Pronunciation:
[ nˈɪɡədli], [ nˈɪɡədli], [ n_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə_d_l_i]
Similar words: miserly, tight, parsimonious, ungenerous
Similar questions:
Synonyms for Niggardly:
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adj.
• economical- money-saving ,
- on the rims ,
- prudential ,
- time-saving ,
- timesaving ,
- unwasteful ,
- work-saving ,
- canny ,
- circumspect ,
- cost-effective ,
- efficient ,
- methodical ,
- practical ,
- watchful .
- SUBPAR. ,
- below par ,
- common ,
- crude ,
- low-grade ,
- mediocre ,
- ordinary ,
- pitiable ,
- plain ,
- poorer ,
- reduced ,
- rotten ,
- second-rate ,
- shoddy ,
- subnormal ,
- subpar ,
- substandard ,
- trivial ,
- valueless .
- baby ,
- bantam ,
- beggarly ,
- compact ,
- delicate ,
- diminutive ,
- dwarfish ,
- itty-bitty ,
- microscopic ,
- miniature ,
- minor ,
- minute ,
- modest ,
- nugatory ,
- paltry ,
- petite ,
- picayune ,
- piddling ,
- puny ,
- scant ,
- scrawny ,
- short ,
- slight ,
- slim ,
- small ,
- smallish ,
- spare ,
- sparing ,
- teensy ,
- teeny ,
- teeny-weeny ,
- tiny ,
- toy ,
- trifling ,
- ungenerous ,
- wee ,
- weeny .
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adv.
• compactly • insufficiently -
n.
• miserly Other synonyms:
- tight .
- Hard-fisted ,
- a red cent ,
- cheap ,
- chicken feed ,
- mean ,
- niggard ,
- nominal ,
- not go far ,
- peanuts ,
- petty ,
- pin money ,
- pittance ,
- pocket money ,
- sou ,
- subsistence ,
- tightfisted .
Other relevant words:
- Appraisement ,
- Bulimy ,
- Hungering ,
- Insatiability ,
- Lickpenny ,
- Rater ,
- acquisitiveness ,
- ante ,
- avarice ,
- avidity ,
- bulimia ,
- buzzard ,
- charge ,
- cheapskate ,
- cheeseparing ,
- chuff ,
- closeness ,
- consideration ,
- cormorant ,
- cost ,
- covetousness ,
- cupidity ,
- dearth ,
- edacity ,
- ego-tripper ,
- egoist ,
- esurience ,
- expense ,
- famine ,
- famishment ,
- figure ,
- freight ,
- glutton ,
- greediness ,
- greedy person ,
- grudge ,
- hard-boiled egg ,
- hog ,
- hunger ,
- illiberality ,
- inanition ,
- jejuneness ,
- jejunity ,
- malnourishment ,
- mammon ,
- mark ,
- meanie ,
- meanness ,
- meany ,
- miserliness ,
- money ,
- money grubber ,
- parsimony ,
- paucity ,
- penury ,
- piggishness ,
- poorness ,
- poverty ,
- price ,
- price tag ,
- quotation ,
- rapacity ,
- rate ,
- reticence ,
- scarcity ,
- screw ,
- selfish person ,
- shortage ,
- squalor ,
- starvation ,
- stiff ,
- stinginess ,
- tenuity ,
- voracity ,
- worth .
- Dwarfed ,
- Economies ,
- Economizing ,
- Griping ,
- Mean-spirited ,
- Pinchpenny ,
- Putid ,
- Scrannel ,
- Scrimping ,
- Skimping ,
- Stinted ,
- Ungenerously ,
- Ungiving ,
- Unnutritious ,
- abominable ,
- acquisitive ,
- adjacent ,
- ascetic ,
- atrocious ,
- austere ,
- avaricious ,
- avariciously ,
- base ,
- be economical ,
- be thrifty ,
- begrudging ,
- beneath notice ,
- bountiful ,
- careful ,
- catchpenny ,
- charily ,
- chary ,
- cheese-paring ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- churl ,
- churlish ,
- close ,
- close-minded ,
- closefisted ,
- closefistedly ,
- conservative ,
- conserve ,
- contempt ,
- contemptible ,
- covetous ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- cut back ,
- desire ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- dirty ,
- discreditable ,
- dishonourable ,
- disreputable ,
- economic ,
- economize ,
- economy ,
- envious ,
- exiguous ,
- extortionate ,
- firmly ,
- frugal ,
- frugality ,
- gimcrack ,
- give ,
- grasping ,
- greed ,
- greedily ,
- greedy ,
- grudging ,
- hand-to-mouth ,
- hardfisted ,
- hidebound ,
- hoggishly ,
- humble ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- illiberally ,
- impoverished ,
- inconsiderate ,
- infamous ,
- inferior ,
- infrequent ,
- insignificant ,
- intolerant ,
- jejune ,
- lean ,
- light ,
- limited ,
- low ,
- lowly ,
- malice ,
- materialistic ,
- meagre ,
- meanly ,
- measly ,
- mercenary ,
- mingy ,
- miser ,
- miserable ,
- money-grubbing ,
- myopic ,
- narrow ,
- narrow-minded ,
- narrowly ,
- nastily ,
- near ,
- near-sighted ,
- nearby ,
- not worth mentioning ,
- odious ,
- one-horse ,
- opprobrious ,
- parsimonious ,
- pathetic ,
- peddling ,
- penny-wise ,
- penurious ,
- pettiness ,
- piggish ,
- pinch ,
- pitiful ,
- possessive ,
- provident ,
- prudent ,
- rapacious ,
- rare ,
- retrench ,
- rigid ,
- rustically ,
- save ,
- saving ,
- scattered ,
- scotch ,
- scrape ,
- scrimp ,
- scrimpy ,
- scrimy ,
- scrooge ,
- scrubby ,
- scurvy ,
- seldom met with ,
- seldom seen ,
- selfish ,
- selfishness ,
- shabbily ,
- shabby ,
- short-sighted ,
- skimp ,
- skinflint ,
- skinny ,
- slender ,
- small-minded ,
- small-scale ,
- sordid ,
- sordidly ,
- sorry ,
- spartan ,
- sprinkled ,
- stint ,
- stinting ,
- straitened ,
- stunted ,
- taut ,
- thin ,
- thoughtless ,
- thrift ,
- thrifty ,
- tight-fisted ,
- tightly ,
- trashy ,
- trumpery ,
- unaccommodating ,
- uncharitable ,
- unchivalrous ,
- uncouth ,
- unimaginative ,
- unpretentious ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unworthy ,
- unyielding ,
- useless ,
- usurious ,
- vain ,
- venal ,
- vile ,
- watered ,
- watery ,
- weedy ,
- worthless ,
- wretched .
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How to use "Niggardly" in context?
Niggardliness is a word that is often associated with being stingy. Someone who is niggardly is usually unwilling to spend money or share resources. This can be dangerous because it can lead to unsafe or unhealthy situations. It can also be irritating because it puts limits on what others can do.
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