cheapskate

Plural: cheapskates

Noun

• a miserly person
• Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
• Someone who does not give freely.

Examples

• He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
• My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

Synonyms

tightwad, carl, cheapass, cheapie, cheapo, cheapskate, churl, clutchfist, el cheapo, last of the big spenders, magpie, miser, moneygrubber, muckworm, nickel nurser, nig, niggard, nigon, nipcheese, nipfarthing, penny pincher, penny-father, pickpenny, piker, pinch-commons, pinch-gut, pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, scrimp, scrooge, skinflint, snudge, squirrel, tight-arse

Antonyms

spendthrift