Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: survived on a hand-to-mouth income that came from any odd job that he could find
Stingy and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stingy" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Stingy
Stingy adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: a stingy serving of mashed potatoes
Hand-to-mouth and stingy are semantically related. You can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Stingy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and hand-to-mouth
- poor and stingy
- small and hand-to-mouth
- small and stingy
- spare and hand-to-mouth
- spare and stingy
- penurious and hand-to-mouth
- penurious and stingy
- scanty and hand-to-mouth
- scanty and stingy
- insufficient and hand-to-mouth
- insufficient and stingy
- beggarly and hand-to-mouth
- beggarly and stingy
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Stingy and Hand-to-mouth. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/stingy
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