What is another word for penny-pinching?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɛnipˈɪnt͡ʃɪŋ], [ pˈɛnipˈɪntʃɪŋ], [ p_ˈɛ_n_i_p_ˈɪ_n_tʃ_ɪ_ŋ]
Synonyms for Penny-pinching:
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adj.
• cheap • economical- curmudgeonly ,
- frugal ,
- money-saving ,
- on the rims ,
- penny-wise ,
- prudential ,
- thrifty ,
- time-saving ,
- timesaving ,
- unwasteful ,
- work-saving .
- Hard-fisted ,
- abstemious ,
- ascetic ,
- austere ,
- cheeseparing ,
- closefisted ,
- meager ,
- narrow-fisted ,
- parsimonious ,
- petty ,
- spartan ,
- stingy ,
- tight .
- money-conscious ,
- money conscious ,
- moneyconscious ,
- more money conscious ,
- more money-conscious ,
- more moneyconscious ,
- most money conscious ,
- most money-conscious ,
- most moneyconscious .
- Closehanded ,
- close fisted ,
- close handed ,
- hard fisted ,
- more close handed ,
- more close-handed ,
- more closehanded ,
- most close handed ,
- most close-handed ,
- most closehanded .
- more conserving ,
- more preserving ,
- most conserving ,
- most preserving ,
- pre serving ,
- pre-serving ,
- tightwad .
- grabby ,
- more extorting ,
- more prehensile ,
- more usurious ,
- most extorting ,
- most prehensile ,
- most usurious .
- more hoarding ,
- more pinchpenny ,
- more ungiving ,
- most hoarding ,
- most pinchpenny ,
- most ungiving ,
- un charitable ,
- un giving ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-giving .
Other synonyms:
- Pinching ,
- avarice ,
- close-fisted ,
- costive ,
- cupidity ,
- economical ,
- gluttony ,
- greed .
- cheap .
Other relevant words:
• noun
- Economies ,
- Economizing ,
- Mean-spirited ,
- Niggardness ,
- Pinchpenny ,
- Scrimping ,
- Skimping ,
- acquisitive ,
- airless ,
- approximate ,
- avaricious ,
- begrudging ,
- boney ,
- careful ,
- cheapness ,
- cheese-paring ,
- chintzy ,
- close ,
- close-fistedness ,
- close-fitting ,
- closefistedness ,
- closelipped ,
- closemouthed ,
- closeness ,
- confining ,
- conservative ,
- covetous ,
- dear ,
- economic ,
- economy ,
- faithful ,
- frugality ,
- give ,
- good ,
- grasping ,
- grudging ,
- hardfisted ,
- hoarding ,
- husbandry ,
- illiberal ,
- illiberality ,
- inconsiderate ,
- meanness ,
- measly ,
- mercenary ,
- minginess ,
- mingy ,
- miserliness ,
- money-grubbing ,
- narrow ,
- near ,
- nearness ,
- niggard ,
- niggardliness ,
- nigh ,
- parsimoniousness ,
- parsimony ,
- penuriousness ,
- possessive ,
- providence ,
- provident ,
- prudent ,
- rapacious ,
- save-all ,
- saving ,
- scotch ,
- scraggy ,
- scrawny ,
- secretive ,
- selfish ,
- selfishness ,
- skinny ,
- small ,
- snug ,
- spare ,
- sparing ,
- stinginess ,
- stinting ,
- stuffy ,
- thoughtless ,
- thrift ,
- tight-fisted ,
- tight-fitting ,
- tightfisted ,
- tightfistedness ,
- tightfitting ,
- tightlipped ,
- tightness ,
- unaccommodating ,
- unaired ,
- uncharitable ,
- underweight ,
- ungenerosity ,
- ungenerous ,
- weedy .
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How to use "Penny-pinching" in context?
What is penny-pinching? penny-pinching is a habit of saving money by taking small amounts of money away from larger expenses. penny-pinching may include cutting back on luxuries, eating at home rather than eating out, and not purchasing items that are unnecessary. penny-pinching can also involve refusing to pay for services that are not necessary or not necessary economically. penny-pinching can have negative consequences, including reducing one's disposable income and causing credit problems.
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