All scrimpy synonyms
scrimp·y
S s adjective scrimpy
- niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- diddly — anything at all or of any consequence
- conserving — Present participle of conserve.
adj scrimpy
- mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
- few and far between — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.