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Definition of niggardliness word
- noun niggardliness The state of being niggardly. 1
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Parts of speech for Niggardliness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
niggardliness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 64% 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.
niggardliness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for niggardliness
noun niggardliness
- avidity — the quality or state of being avid
- covetousness — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- greediness — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
Antonyms for niggardliness
noun niggardliness
- generosity — readiness or liberality in giving.
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
- carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
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