Synonyms for niggard
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : nig-erd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɪg ərd |
Top 10 synonyms for niggard Other synonyms for the word niggard
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- chary
- cheap
- chintzy
- chuff
- churlish
- close-fisted
- costive
- covetous
- curmudgeonly
- economical
- extortionate
- frugal
- grasping
- grudging
- hard-fisted
- ignoble
- illiberal
- ironfisted
- mean
- mingy
- miser
- miserly
- moneygrubber
- mucker
- narrow
- near
- niggard
- niggardly
- oaf
- parsimonious
- peasant
- penny-pincher
- penny-pinching
- pennywise
- penurious
- petty
- pinchpenny
- provincial
- rapacious
- rustic
- saving
- scrimping
- scrimpy
- scurvy
- skimping
- sordid
- sparing
- stingy
- thrifty
- tight
- tight-fisted
- tightfisted
- tightwad
- uncharitable
- ungenerous
- ungiving
- yokel
Définition of niggard
Origin :- "mean person, miser," late 14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (cf. -ard), but the root word is possibly from earlier nig "stingy" (c.1300), perhaps from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse hnøggr "stingy," from Proto-Germanic *khnauwjaz (cf. Swedish njugg "close, careful," German genau "precise, exact"), and to Old English hneaw "stingy, niggardly," which did not survive in Middle English.
- As in mean : adj ungenerous
- As in hard-fisted : adj stingy
- As in pinching : adj stingy
- As in Scrooge : noun skinflint
- As in churl : noun rude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money
- Niggard, nig′ard, n. a person who is unwilling to spend or give away: a miser.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
- Autant dpend chiche que large, et la fin plus davantage—Niggard spends as much as generous, and in the end a good deal more.
- Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
Antonyms for niggard
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