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41tight — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, afflicted, airtight, all ataunto, anal, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, aposiopestic, arduous, ataunt, austere, autocratic, avaricious, ballproof, bent,… …
42ungenerous — Synonyms and related words: authoritarian, avaricious, bigot, bigoted, borne, cheap, close, closed, closefisted, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason, fanatical, hardfisted, hidebound, illiberal, inconsequent, inconsequential,… …
43stingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penurious, miserly, niggardly, near, tight, close; scanty, meager. See parsimony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. parsimonious, niggardly, miserly, penurious, close, closefisted, sordid …
44economical — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Careful of expenditures] Syn. thrifty, frugal, saving, sparing, prudent, careful, economizing, provident, niggardly, meager, miserly, stingy, mean, close, shabby, avaricious, penurious, chary, watchful, circumspect,… …
45hard-fisted — a. 1. Avaricious, covetous, niggardly, sordid, stingy, mercenary, mean, closefisted, illberal, ungenerous. 2. Stout fisted, hard handed, horny handed …
46avaricious — *covetous, acquisitive, grasping, greedy Analogous words: miserly, close, closefisted, parsimonious, *stingy Antonyms: generous Contrasted words: *liberal, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, munificent: lavish, prodigal (see PROFUSE) …
47charitable — charitable, benevolent, humane, humanitarian, philanthropic, eleemosynary, altruistic are comparable when they mean having or showing interest in or being concerned with the welfare of others. Charitable stresses either active generosity to the… …
48cheeseparing — *stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious, miserly …
49close — vb 1 Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably. However, they may have distinctive nuances of meaning and… …
50generous — bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, munificent, *liberal, handsome Analogous words: lavish, prodigal, *profuse, exuberant: benevolent, philanthropic, eleemosynary, *charitable, altruistic Antonyms: stingy Contrasted words: close, closefisted,… …
