niggard

Speech parts

1. niggard - Noun

2. niggard - Adjective

3. niggard - Verb

Meaning

A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.

Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scrooge skinflint churl miser close mean tight cheap stiff greedy avaricious miserly grudging stingy curmudgeon
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Antonyms

beneficent free spender prodigal big spender generous
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Hypernyms

hoarder

Hyponyms

pinchgut

Related terms

niggle nig niggish nigon

Anagrams

grading garding

Examples

Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds. Walter Raleigh

How mean thy hates Fostered in falsity [...] Rathe to destroy, niggard in charity. Ezra Pound

Along the illimitable shade Darkling and lone their way they made, Through the vast kingdom of the dead, An empty void, though tenanted: So travellers in a forest move With but the uncertain moon above, Beneath her niggard light. John Conington

The Sluggard works twice, the niggard pays twice. Bulgarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

niggacide niggah niggahita niggardise niggardish niggardlily