Definition for Niggardly:

• Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Synonyms for Niggardly:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • niggardly.
  •close (adjective)
  • chintzy,
  • illiberal,
  • parsimonious,
  • narrow,
  • penurious,
  • ungenerous,
  • skinflint,
  • tight-fisted,
  • mingy.
  •economical (adjective)
  • canny,
  • unwasteful,
  • meager,
  • money-saving,
  • time-saving,
  • efficient,
  • cost-effective,
  • Skimping,
  • saving,
  • Scrimping,
  • sparing,
  • chary,
  • work-saving,
  • circumspect,
  • avaricious,
  • practical,
  • methodical,
  • watchful,
  • spare,
  • prudent,
  • prudential,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • timesaving,
  • penny-wise,
  • on the rims,
  • provident.
  •few (adjective)
  • scanty,
  • little,
  • sparse,
  • minimum,
  • negligible,
  • insufficient,
  • minimal,
  • spotty,
  • scarce,
  • few.
  •grasping (adjective)
  • itchy,
  • grabby,
  • avid,
  • acquisitive,
  • selfish,
  • extortionate,
  • venal,
  • rapacious,
  • desirous,
  • Extorting,
  • covetous.
  •greedy (adjective)
  • eager,
  • insatiable,
  • impatient,
  • voracious,
  • omnivorous,
  • hungry,
  • craving,
  • Gobbling,
  • hoggish,
  • intemperate,
  • gulping,
  • guzzling,
  • edacious,
  • carnivorous,
  • Gormandizing,
  • gluttonous,
  • devouring,
  • ravenous.
  •hard-fisted (adjective)
  • ignoble,
  • near,
  • churlish.
  •penny-pinching (adjective)
  • penny pinching.
  •pinching (adjective)
  • sordid,
  • uncharitable.
  •poor (adjective)
  • insignificant,
  • plain,
  • mediocre,
  • common,
  • exiguous,
  • sorry,
  • poorer,
  • miserable,
  • trivial,
  • shabby,
  • humble,
  • pitiful,
  • rotten,
  • substandard,
  • subnormal,
  • second-rate,
  • lowly,
  • reduced,
  • trifling,
  • SUBPAR.,
  • Dwarfed,
  • ordinary,
  • below par,
  • paltry,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • diminutive,
  • pitiable,
  • modest,
  • shoddy,
  • valueless,
  • low-grade,
  • base,
  • slight,
  • crude,
  • inferior,
  • subpar,
  • contemptible,
  • worthless.
  •short (adjective)
  • slim,
  • slender,
  • scant,
  • limited,
  • Needing,
  • shortest,
  • low on,
  • wanting,
  • short-handed,
  • shorthanded,
  • short.
  •skimpy (adjective)
  • scrimp.
  •small (adjective)
  • picayune,
  • wee,
  • scrawny,
  • teensy,
  • pocket,
  • toy,
  • tiny,
  • piddling,
  • beggarly,
  • teeny-weeny,
  • weeny,
  • puny,
  • bantam,
  • compact,
  • dwarfish,
  • minor,
  • miniature,
  • teeny,
  • baby,
  • microscopic,
  • deficient,
  • delicate,
  • smallish,
  • nugatory,
  • minute,
  • petite,
  • small,
  • itty-bitty.

• adv.

  •compactly (adverb)
  • punily,
  • deficiently,
  • modestly,
  • delicately,
  • parsimoniously,
  • scantily,
  • sparingly,
  • slightly,
  • minimally,
  • Paltrily,
  • shortly,
  • minutely,
  • negligibly,
  • meagerly,
  • triflingly,
  • compactly,
  • slimly.

• n.

  •
  • economic,
  • thrifty,
  • frugal,
  • Economies,
  • careful,
  • thrift.
  •
  • nominal,
  • petty,
  • chicken feed,
  • pin money,
  • cheap,
  • sou,
  • subsistence,
  • Hard-fisted,
  • pocket money,
  • give,
  • not go far,
  • pittance,
  • peanuts,
  • a red cent.
  •
  • close.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Pinching,
  • close-fisted,
  • costive.

Antonyms for Niggardly:

• adj.

  • close
    detached, far, inaccurate, faraway, imprecise, unfriendly, Uncramped, dry, beyond, away, open, loose, cool, unreserved, giving, generous.
  • economical
    unreasonable, inefficient, uncareful, wasteful, uneconomical, expensive, careless.
  • frugal
    lavish, incautious, Spendthrifty, spendthrift.
  • grasping
    unselfish.
  • greedy
    benevolent, liberal, charitable, philanthropic, abstemious, extravagant.
  • inadequate
    abundant, full, able, finished, enough, potent, strong, sufficient, adequate, competent, complete, capable, perfect.
  • poor
    excellent, formal, happy, noble, significant, uncommon, large, brave, tall, important, lucky, nice, superior, affluent, refined, extraordinary, sophisticated, abnormal, fortunate, bold, great, wealthy, rich, big.
  • short
    lengthy, unabridged, long, high, kind, polite, courteous, thick.
  • skimpy
    ample, wide.
  • Other antonyms:
    fecund, fertile, satisfactory, squandering, beneficent, Frittering, selfless, handsome, plenteous, freehanded, humanitarian, fat, prolific, unsparing, openhanded, bursting, teeming, excess, surplus, luxuriant, splurging, fruitful, openhearted, thriftless, tolerable, flourishing, altruistic, wasting, hospitable, overgenerous, proliferative, profligate, bounteous, swarming, magnanimous, greathearted, kindly, unstinting, extra, thriving, compassionate, Unthrifty, good-hearted, free, blooming.

Niggardly Sentence Examples:

• Now you no doubt see that the possessions which are so niggardly dealt out to us here on earth have nothing in common with Hereafter beyond the stars.

• I wanted to keep you safe; farming's a risky business, and I couldn't play a niggardly, cautious game.