muckworm
1Muckworm — Muck worm , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; applied to the larv[ae] of the tumbledung and allied beetles. [1913 Webster] 2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. Misers are muckworms.… …
2muckworm — [muk′wʉrm΄] n. 1. a grub, or larva, that lives and develops in manure or mud 2. a miser …
3muckworm — /muk werrm /, n. 1. (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure. 2. a miser. [1590 1600; MUCK + WORM] * * * …
4muckworm — n. Miser, niggard, churl, curmudgeon, codger, skinflint, scrimp, screw, lick penny, hunks, sordid wretch, money grubber …
5muckworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : miser b. : guttersnipe 2. : worm; specifically : a worm found in mucky soil or manure not use …
6churl — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Philistine, Silas Marner, arriviste, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boor, bounder, bourgeois, cad, captive, chattel, chattel slave, clodhopper, clown, concubine, curmudgeon, debt slave,… …
7miser — Synonyms and related words: Silas Marner, accumulator, bill collector, cheapskate, churl, collection agent, collector, connoisseur, curmudgeon, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, glutton, hog, magpie, muckworm, niggard, pack rat,… …
8niggard — Synonyms and related words: Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save all, scrooge …
9miser — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hoarder, niggard, money grubber, skinflint, penny pincher (sl.), tightwad (sl.). See parsimony. Ant., altruist, benefactor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hoarder of gold] Syn. extortioner, usurer,… …
10parsimony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive frugality Nouns 1. parsimony, parsimoniousness, stinginess, miserliness; illiberality, avarice, greed (see desire). See selfishness, economy. 2. miser, niggard, churl, skinflint, scrimp,… …
