Analysis Complete

penny-pinching

/ penny-pinching /

noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Type of:

frugality frugalness

adjective satellite Sense 2

giving or spending with reluctance

"our cheeseparing administration"

"very close (or near) with his money"

"a penny-pinching miserly old man"

Similar:

stingy ungenerous

Semantic Complexity

46%

Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

2

Total Relationships

4

Times Searched

13

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Related Words

frugality frugalness stingy ungenerous