penny-pinching

penny pincher

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Definitions of penny-pinching word

noun penny-pinching a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person. 1
noun penny-pinching frugality, miserly behaviour 1
adjective penny-pinching frugal, miserly 1
uncountable noun penny-pinching Penny-pinching is the practice of trying to spend as little money as possible. 0
adjective penny-pinching Penny-pinching people spend as little money as possible. 0
adjective penny-pinching excessively careful with money 0

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Origin of penny-pinching

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Penny-pinching

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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penny-pinching popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for penny-pinching

adj penny-pinching

cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
close — 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.
costive — having constipation; constipated
curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.

adjective penny-pinching

chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
economising — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
economizing — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
illiberal — narrowminded; bigoted.
mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.

noun penny-pinching

frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.

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