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Niggard
Niggard
nig·gard
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Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a person who is mean-spirited and stingy with money, a person who is greedy and ungenerous;
e.g. He became a niggard in his old age, refusing to spend money on anyone but himself.
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Cheapskate
Chintzy
Churl
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Hunks
Mean
Mingy
Miser
Miserly
Niggardly
Parsimonious
Penny
Penny-wise
Penurious
Piker
Scrooge
Skinflint
Spare
Sparing
Stingy
Tight
Tightfisted
Tightwad
Uncharitable
Ungenerous
Opposite Words
Altruistic
Beneficent
Benevolent
Compassionate
Extravagant
Free
Good-hearted
Greathearted
Handsome
High roller
Hospitable
Humanitarian
Kindly
Lavish
Magnanimous
Openhearted
Overgenerous
Philanthropic
Prodigal
Profligate
Profuse
Selfless
Spendthrift
Thriftless
Unselfish
Unthrifty
Wasteful
Wasting
Wastrel
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Acquisitive
Avaricious
Avid
Begrudging
Bloodsucker
Chary
Covetous
Desirous
Economical
Envious
Frugal
Grasping
Greedy
Grudging
Hanger-on
Hoggish
Inhospitable
Leach
Leech
Mercenary
Moocher
Parasite
Provident
Rapacious
Resentful
Rider
Saving
Selfish
Shabby
Small
Sordid
Sparing
Sponge
Thrifty
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