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List of antonyms from "pennies" to antonyms from "pent-up"
Discover our 309 antonyms available for the terms "penny-pinchers, penny-ante, pent, penny pincher, penny-pinching, pensioned" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.
- Pennies (2 antonyms)
- Penniless (4 antonyms)
- Penning (5 antonyms)
- Penny (2 antonyms)
- Penny ante (17 antonyms)
- Penny-ante (17 antonyms)
- Penny-pinch (7 antonyms)
- Penny-pincher (5 antonyms)
- Penny pincher (2 antonyms)
- Penny-pinchers (4 antonyms)
- Penny-pinching (1 antonym)
- Penny pinching (65 antonyms)
- Penny-wise (12 antonyms)
- Pennypincher (4 antonyms)
- Pennypinchers (4 antonyms)
- Pennypinching (69 antonyms)
- Pennypinchings (2 antonyms)
- Pennywise (18 antonyms)
- Pensioned (28 antonyms)
- Pensioning (28 antonyms)
- Pensive (4 antonyms)
- Pent (5 antonyms)
- Pent up (2 antonyms)
- Pent-up (2 antonyms)
Definition of the day : « penny-wise »
- As in Scotch : adj economical
- As in economical : adj conservative with resources; careful
- As in frugal : adj economical
- Yes, my thoughts were penny-wise, which is far better than if they had been pound-foolish.
- Extract from : « The Mark of Cain » by Carolyn Wells
- Penny-wise and pound-foolish, has been the ruin of thousands.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I » by Thomas Paine
- Such spots form a sort of museum, only Nature does these things with a royal hand, and not in a penny-wise, showman fashion.
- Extract from : « The Pearl of India » by Maturin M. Ballou
- I was delighted, and spent more time watching them than 'penny-wise' people would have approved.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 4, October 1843 » by Various
- In this, perhaps, there was something of the penny-wise policy, which sprang from one great defect in her character.
- Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
- The penny-wise economy, too, of the Queen, was rapidly proving a most ruinous extravagance.
- Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
- A Local Board came into existence, and with much hesitation and penny-wise economy inaugurated drainage works.
- Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells
- Not a little, too, of Sir George's economy was of "the penny-wise and pound-foolish" kind.
- Extract from : « Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory » by John M'lean
- But it is wonderful what people, penny-wise and pound foolish, will sometimes do to save 2d.
- Extract from : « The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. » by Various
- The small force our Government (penny-wise and pound foolish) had sent against the Afghans were overwhelmed.
- Extract from : « A Soldier's Experience or A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure » by Timothy Gowing