📖 Definitions of "Niggard"
noun
- 1
A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.
- 2
A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.
verb
- 1
To hoard; to act stingily.
adjective
- 1
Sparing; stinting; parsimonious.
- 2
Miserly or stingy.
🔄 Synonyms of "Niggard"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| churlnoun | (by extension) (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. |
| grabbernoun | One who, or that which, grabs or seizes. |
| scroogenoun | A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources. |
| skinflintnoun | One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Niggard"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| scant | Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. |
| spare | Extra. |
| niggardly | Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly. |
| skimpingnoun | scanty; meagre; done inefficiently. |
| skimpedverb | Sparse; scanty. |
| spareless | Lacking a spare tire. |
| penurious | Impoverished; wanting for money. |
| spareful | (dated) frugal. |
| lean | (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. |
| abstemious | Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. |
| scantlingnoun | (chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft. |
| starvelingnoun | One who is thin from lack of food. |
| closefisted | Unwilling to spend money; stingy |
| thin | Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. |
| frugal | Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste. |
| parsimonious | Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess. |
| short | Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. |
| meager | Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent |
| thriftless | Wastefully reckless in the use of money or resources. |
| lighthanded | Alternative form of light-handed. |
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