Word

stingy, adj.
(stingier, stingiest)

deficient in amount or quality or extent
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

meager meagerly meagre scrimpy stingy

sample sentences

"meager resources"
"meager fare"

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

also see

insufficient, deficient minimal, minimum scarce

attribute

adequacy, sufficiency

similar to

bare, scanty, spare exiguous hand-to-mouth hardscrabble measly, miserable, paltry

unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
<adj.all>

stingy ungenerous

sample sentences

"she practices economy without being stingy"
"an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

also see

selfish uncharitable ungenerous, meanspirited

attribute

generosity, generousness

similar to

beggarly, mean cheap, chinchy, chintzy cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted grudging, niggardly, scrimy tight, mean, mingy, miserly parsimonious, penurious