Niggard
Niggard noun - A mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money.
Usage example: such a niggard that he refused to hand out candy at Halloween, saying it would cost too much money
Skinflint
Skinflint noun - A mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money.
Usage example: the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keeps the team from acquiring any real talent
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Skinflint and Niggard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/niggard/skinflint
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