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Stingy

Definition of Stingy

  • 1. Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) Adjective
  • 2. Deficient in amount or quality or extent Adjective

Morphology of "stingy"

  • stingier
  • stingiest

Synonyms for word "stingy"

  • meager
  • meagerly
  • meagre
  • scrimpy
  • ungenerous

Semanticaly linked words with "stingy"

  • generosity
  • generousness
  • uncharitable
  • beggarly
  • mean
  • cheap
  • chinchy
  • chintzy
  • cheeseparing
  • close
  • near
  • penny-pinching
  • skinny
  • closefisted
  • hardfisted
  • tightfisted
  • grudging
  • niggardly
  • scrimy
  • mingy
  • miserly
  • tight
  • parsimonious
  • penurious
  • meanspirited
  • ungenerous
  • selfish
  • adequacy
  • sufficiency
  • scarce
  • bare
  • scanty
  • spare
  • exiguous
  • hand-to-mouth
  • hardscrabble
  • measly
  • miserable
  • paltry
  • minimal
  • minimum
  • deficient
  • insufficient

Antonyms to adjective "stingy"

  • generous

Lexical Analysis for "stingy"

  1. generous
    Adjective
    antonym
    1
    1. willing to give and share unstintingly
  2. stinginess
    Noun
    derivation
    1
    1. a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
Words Rhyme with stingy
  • dingy
  • fringy
  • mingy
  • springy
  • stingy
  • stringy
  • swingy
Etymology for stingy
  • has derived form sting
  • etymological origin of -y
  • etymological origin of sting
  • etymologically related stinginess
  • is derived from stingier
  • is derived from stingiest
  • is derived from stingily
  • is derived from stinginess
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