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- [verb klohz fist]
- /verb kloʊz fɪst/
- /kləʊz fɪ.stɪd/
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- [verb klohz fist]
- /verb kloʊz fɪst/
Definitions of close-fisted word
- adjective close-fisted very careful with money; mean 3
- adjective close-fisted stingy; miserly; tight. 1
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Origin of close-fisted
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; close + fist1 + -ed3
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Parts of speech for Close-fisted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
close-fisted popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for close-fisted
adj close-fisted
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- miserly — of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
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