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churlish(adjective, mean, near, cheap)
5
niggardly(adverb, mean, cheap, narrow)
3
penurious(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
avaricious(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
chary(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
economical(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
frugal(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
mean(cheap, narrow, scanty, stingy)
2
saving(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
scrimping(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
skimping(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
sparing(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
2
stingy(adjective, mean, cheap, scanty)
2
thrifty(adjective, mean, spare, careful)
1
acquisitive(adjective, mean, near, cheap)
1
canny(mean, practical, prudent, frugal)
1
chintzy(adjective, mean, cheap, narrow)
1
circumspect(mean, practical, prudent, frugal)
1
close-fisted(adjective, mean, cheap, narrow)
1
closefisted(mean, frugal, economical, parsimonious)
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