All niggard synonyms
nigΒ·gard
N n adjective niggard
- ungenerous β stingy; niggardly; miserly: an ungenerous portion; an ungenerous employer.
- greedy β excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- selfish β devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- mercenary β working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
- penny-pinching β a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
- mingy β mean and stingy; niggardly.
- miserly β of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- parsimonious β characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- penurious β extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- rapacious β given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- scrimpy β scanty; meager; barely adequate.
- stingy β having a sting.
- tight β firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
- tight-fisted β parsimonious; stingy; tight.
- acquisitive β If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
- avaricious β An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- chary β If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- cheap β Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- chintzy β Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
- churlish β Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- close-fisted β very careful with money; mean
- costive β having constipation; constipated
- covetous β A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- curmudgeonly β If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- economical β avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
- extortionate β (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.
- frugal β economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- grasping β greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- grudging β done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- ignoble β of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
- illiberal β narrowminded; bigoted.
- ironfisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- near β close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- saving β tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
- sparing β kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- hard-fisted β stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- pinchpenny β a miser or niggard.
- scurvy β Pathology. a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C.
- sordid β morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
- thrifty β practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- tightfisted β parsimonious; stingy; tight.
- uncharitable β deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- gave β simple past tense of give.
noun niggard
- beast β You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
- clodhopper β a clumsy person; lout
- miser β a comedy (1668) by MoliΓ¨re.