Mean and Skinflint

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Skinflint and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Skinflint" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Skinflint noun - A mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money.

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Mean and skinflint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Skinflint".

Scrooge McDuck from the Disney Ducks Comic Universe, pictured above, is as big a skinflint as his namesake from A Christmas Carol... though that doesn't mean he's not an admirable member of the Non-Idle Rich.

Source: The Scrooge

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