7
mercenary(adjective, selfish, stingy, miserly, ungenerous)
7
ungenerous(adjective, close, mean, cheap, tight)
6
cheese-paring
6
parsimony(noun, prudence, stinginess, frugality, thrift)
6
tightfisted(adjective, give, mean, cheap, tight)
5
avarice(prudence, stinginess, frugality, thrift)
5
closefisted(adjective, close, mean, spare, careful)
5
grasping(adjective, close, mean, tight, greedy)
5
parsimoniousness(noun, prudence, stinginess, frugality, thrift)
5
petty(adjective, close, give, mean, narrow)
5
pinching(adjective, give)
5
thrift(noun, prudence, stinginess, frugality)
4
careful(adjective, wise, tight, prudent, frugal)
4
chintzy(adjective, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
4
costive(adjective, close, give, mean, cheap)
4
illiberal(adjective, close, mean, narrow, tight)
4
meanness(noun, stinginess, frugality, thrift)
4
niggard(adjective, close, give, mean, near)
4
prudent(adjective, close, mean, careful, wise)
4
scrimping(noun, adjective, close, mean, spare)
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