Closefisted
Closefisted adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.
Usage example: closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses
Grasping and closefisted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grasping" instead an adjective "Closefisted".
Grasping
Grasping adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.
Closefisted and grasping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Closefisted" instead an adjective "Grasping".
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Related pairs
- close and closefisted
- close and grasping
- greedy and closefisted
- greedy and grasping
- covetous and closefisted
- covetous and grasping
- acquisitive and closefisted
- acquisitive and grasping
- mean and closefisted
- mean and grasping
- tight and closefisted
- tight and grasping
- selfish and closefisted
- selfish and grasping
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