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- [mahy-zer]
- /ˈmaɪ zər/
- /ˈmaɪ.zər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahy-zer]
- /ˈmaɪ zər/
Definitions of miser word
- noun miser a comedy (1668) by Molière. 1
- noun miser A person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible. 1
- noun miser ungenerous person 1
- noun miser person who hoards money 1
- countable noun miser If you say that someone is a miser, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. 0
- noun miser a person who hoards money or possessions, often living miserably 0
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Origin of miser
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; < Latin: wretched
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Miser
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
miser popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
miser usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for miser
noun miser
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- harpy — Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- scrooge — Ebenezer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/ (Show IPA) a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- churl — a surly ill-bred person
Antonyms for miser
noun miser
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- waster — a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
- wastrel — a wasteful person; spendthrift.
- spender — Stephen, 1909–96, English poet and critic.
- er — Expressing hesitation.
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