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Synonyms for most niggardly
adj stingy

tight
penny-pinching
narrow
skinflint

mean
chintzy
closefisted
illiberal

miserly
parsimonious
penurious
skimpy

ungenerous
mingy
niggardly
tight-fisted

Antonyms for most niggardly

far
faraway
inaccurate
unfriendly
unreserved
generous

away
beyond
detached
loose
open
imprecise

cool
dry
giving
uncramped

Synonyms
adj conservative with resources; careful

efficient
cost-effective
prudent
practical
avaricious
canny
chary
circumspect
close
closefisted

frugal
meager
mean
methodical
miserly
parsimonious
penny-pinching
penurious
provident
saving

spare
sparing
stingy
thrifty
tight
watchful
curmudgeonly
money-saving
niggardly
on the rims

penny-wise
prudential
scrimping
skimping
time-saving
unwasteful
work-saving

Antonyms

inefficient
expensive
wasteful

careless
uncareful
uneconomical

unreasonable

Synonyms
adj economical

prudent
meticulous
thrifty
canny
careful
stingy
spartan

abstemious
chary
discreet
meager
parsimonious
penny-pinching
provident

saving
sparing
tight
tightwad
wary
conserving
mingy

niggardly
penny-wise
preserving
scrimping
unwasteful

Antonyms

incautious
wasteful
lavish

careless
spendthrift
generous

uneconomical
spendthrifty

Synonyms
adj greedy

penny-pinching
mean
acquisitive
avaricious
avid
covetous

desirous
extortionate
itchy
miserly
penurious
rapacious

selfish
stingy
tightfisted
venal
close-fisted
grabby

extorting
niggardly
prehensile
usurious

Antonyms

unselfish

generous

Synonyms
adj desiring excessively

rapacious
selfish
hungry
impatient
eager
acquisitive
avaricious
avid
carnivorous
close
covetous
craving

desirous
devouring
gluttonous
grasping
insatiable
intemperate
itchy
miserly
omnivorous
parsimonious
penurious
ravenous

stingy
tight
voracious
close-fisted
edacious
grabby
hoggish
piggish
esurient
gobbling
gormandizing
grudging

gulping
guzzling
insatiate
niggardly
pennypinching
prehensile
ravening
swinish
tight-fisted

Antonyms

abstemious
benevolent
extravagant

philanthropic
charitable
generous

liberal

Synonyms
adj defective, insufficient, incompetent

poor
unequal
lacking
deficient
weak
meager
sketchy
scarce
faulty
incompetent
incomplete
skimpy
bare

barren
bush-league
depleted
dry
failing
feeble
glitch
imperfect
impotent
inapt
incapable
incommensurate
insubstantial

junk
lame
lemon
lousy
low
minus
miserly
parsimonious
scanty
short
shy
small
spare

sparse
sterile
stunted
thin
unproductive
unqualified
inappreciable
inconsiderable
found wanting
niggardly
not enough
stinted
too little

Antonyms

adequate
sufficient
potent
abundant
enough

capable
competent
strong
perfect
able

full
complete
finished

Synonyms
adj deficient, inadequate

unsatisfactory
shoddy
substandard
weak
meager
feeble
modest
insufficient
miserable
mediocre
ordinary
inferior
imperfect

slight
scanty
plain
diminutive
base
common
crude
trifling
mean
below par
contemptible
exiguous
faulty

humble
incomplete
insignificant
lacking
lowly
paltry
pitiful
reduced
rotten
second-rate
shabby
skimpy
sorry

sparse
trivial
valueless
worthless
low-grade
pitiable
subnormal
dwarfed
niggardly
subpar

Antonyms

adequate
sufficient
brave
extraordinary
excellent
large
abnormal
wealthy
fertile
potent

fortunate
lucky
strong
bold
able
superior
big
important
significant
tall

uncommon
formal
noble
refined
sophisticated
nice
affluent
rich
great
happy

Synonyms
adj insufficient

poor
limited
shy
slim
slender
tight

lacking
scanty
failing
scant
wanting
deficient

exiguous
inadequate
meager
scarce
short-handed
skimpy

sparse
needing
low on
niggardly

Antonyms

adequate
sufficient
abundant
large
unabridged

enough
courteous
kind
polite
lengthy

long
high
tall
thick

Synonyms
adj sparse, inadequate

scanty
meager
tight
thin
scant

insufficient
deficient
exiguous
failing
miserly

poor
scrimp
short
shy
spare

stingy
wanting
niggardly
scrimpy
unsufficient

Antonyms

ample
adequate
sufficient

enough
fat
wide

generous

Synonyms
adj tight with money

miserly
parsimonious

penurious
stingy

tight
niggardly

Antonyms

generous

Synonyms
adj stingy

acquisitive
avaricious
chary
cheap
chintzy
churlish
close

close-fisted
costive
covetous
economical
extortionate
frugal
grasping

greedy
ignoble
illiberal
mean
miserly
narrow
near

curmudgeonly
grudging
ironfisted
niggard
niggardly

Synonyms
adj greedy

acquisitive
avaricious
avid
carnivorous
close
close-fisted
covetous
craving
desirous
devouring
eager

edacious
gluttonous
grabby
grasping
hoggish
hungry
impatient
insatiable
intemperate
itchy
miserly

omnivorous
parsimonious
penurious
rapacious
ravenous
selfish
stingy
tight
voracious
esurient
gobbling

gormandizing
grudging
gulping
guzzling
insatiate
niggardly
pennypinching
prehensile
ravening
swinish
tight-fisted

Synonyms
adj stingy

saving
penny-pinching
sparing
near
grasping
close
narrow
mean
acquisitive
avaricious
chary
cheap

chintzy
churlish
close-fisted
costive
covetous
economical
extortionate
frugal
greedy
hard-fisted
ignoble
illiberal

miserly
parsimonious
penurious
petty
rapacious
selfish
sordid
thrifty
tight
tightfisted
uncharitable
ungenerous

scrimping
grudging
skimping
curmudgeonly
ironfisted
niggard
niggardly
pennywise
pinchpenny
scurvy
ungiving

Antonyms

far
unselfish

wasting
generous

spendthrift
away

Synonyms
adj economical

sparing
saving
penny-pinching
spare
close
mean
avaricious
canny
chary
circumspect

closefisted
cost-effective
efficient
frugal
meager
methodical
miserly
parsimonious
penurious
practical

provident
prudent
stingy
thrifty
tight
watchful
scrimping
skimping
curmudgeonly
money-saving

niggardly
on the rims
penny-wise
prudential
time-saving
unwasteful
work-saving

Antonyms

generous

Usage Notes

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