Closefisted
Closefisted adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.
Usage example: closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses
Frugal and closefisted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Frugal" instead an adjective "Closefisted".
Frugal
Frugal adjective - Careful in the management of money or resources.
Usage example: by being frugal, the family is able to stretch its monthly budget
Closefisted and frugal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Closefisted" instead an adjective "Frugal".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and closefisted
- mean and frugal
- tight and closefisted
- tight and frugal
- cheap and closefisted
- cheap and frugal
- prudent and closefisted
- prudent and frugal
- economical and closefisted
- economical and frugal
- provident and closefisted
- provident and frugal
- penurious and closefisted
- penurious and frugal
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