🔄 Synonyms of "Niggardly"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| grudgingnoun | Unwilling or with reluctance. |
| stingy | Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean. |
| ungenerous | Not generous; stingy. |
| scrimy | Dirty or filthy. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Niggardly"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| niggardnoun | A miser or stingy person; a skinflint. |
| closefisted | Unwilling to spend money; stingy |
| penurious | Impoverished; wanting for money. |
| scant | Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. |
| skimpingnoun | scanty; meagre; done inefficiently. |
| lean | (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. |
| halfhearted | Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. |
| spareless | Lacking a spare tire. |
| skimpedverb | Sparse; scanty. |
| pitiless | Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless. |
| nithingnoun | (archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch. |
| spareful | (dated) frugal. |
| spare | Extra. |
| wantish | Suggesting or pertaining to wants or desires; desirous. |
| starvelingnoun | One who is thin from lack of food. |
| disdainful | Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy. |
| merciless | Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless. |
| meagre | Having little flesh; lean; thin. |
| meager | Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent |
| paltry | Trashy, trivial, of little value. |
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