Antonyms for penny pinching
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
- away
- beyond
- careless
- comfortable
- compassionate
- cool
- costly
- dear
- detached
- dry
- easy
- excellent
- expensive
- extravagant
- extreme
- far
- faraway
- free
- generosity
- generous
- giving
- imprecise
- improvident
- inaccurate
- incautious
- inefficient
- kind
- lavish
- let go
- liberal
- liberate
- loose
- nice
- noble
- open
- philanthropy
- polite
- precious
- priceless
- release
- slack
- sober
- sophisticated
- spend
- spendthrift
- spendthrifty
- squander
- superior
- sympathetic
- uncareful
- uncramped
- uneconomical
- unfriendly
- unreasonable
- unreserved
- unsealed
- unselfish
- untroubled
- upper
- valuable
- waste
- wasteful
- wasting
- wide
- worthy
Definition of penny pinching
- As in mean : adj ungenerous
- As in miserly : adj greedy, stingy
- As in penurious : adj stingy
- As in provident : adj careful, frugal
- As in thrifty : adj economical
- As in tight : adj stingy
- As in tightfisted : adj cheap
- As in penny-pinching : adj tight with money
- As in close-fisted : adj stingy
- As in cheap : adj concerned with saving money
- As in costive : adj stingy
- As in pinching : adj stingy
- As in Scotch : adj economical
- As in close : adj stingy
- As in economical : adj conservative with resources; careful
- As in frugal : adj economical
- As in grasping : adj greedy
- As in avarice : noun extreme greed
- As in stint : verb economize; hold back
Synonyms for penny pinching
- abject
- abstemious
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- avidity
- be frugal
- be parsimonious
- be sparing
- be stingy
- beggarly
- begrudge
- canny
- careful
- cautious
- chary
- cheap
- cheapskate
- chintzy
- churlish
- circumspect
- close
- close-fisted
- close-fistedness
- close-handed
- closefisted
- confine
- conserving
- cost-effective
- costive
- covetous
- covetousness
- cupidity
- curmudgeonly
- cut corners
- define
- desirous
- discreet
- economical
- efficient
- expedient
- extorting
- extortionate
- far-sighted
- foresighted
- frugal
- frugality
- go easy on
- grabbiness
- grabby
- grasping
- greediness
- greedy
- grudge
- grudging
- hard-fisted
- hoarding
- ignoble
- illiberal
- ironfisted
- itchy
- judicious
- limit
- make ends meet
- meager
- mean
- mercenary
- methodical
- meticulous
- mingy
- miserliness
- miserly
- money-conscious
- money-saving
- narrow
- near
- niggard
- niggardliness
- niggardly
- on the rims
- parsimonious
- parsimony
- penny-pinch
- penny-pinching
- penny-wise
- pennywise
- penurious
- penuriousness
- petty
- pinch
- pinching
- pinchpenny
- politic
- practical
- prehensile
- prepared
- preserving
- provident
- prudent
- prudential
- rapacious
- rapacity
- restrain
- roll back
- sagacious
- save
- save for rainy day
- saving
- scrape
- scrimp
- scrimping
- scrimpy
- scurvy
- selfish
- shrewd
- skimp on
- skimping
- skimpy
- skinflint
- sock away
- sordid
- spare
- sparing
- spartan
- squirrel
- stash
- steal
- stinginess
- stingy
- thrift
- thrifty
- tight
- tight-fisted
- tight-wad
- tighten belt
- tightfisted
- tightwad
- time-saving
- uncharitable
- ungenerous
- ungiving
- unwasteful
- usurious
- venal
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
- well-prepared
- wise
- withhold
- work-saving
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