2
frugality(noun, prudence, economy, stinginess, thrift)
2
good
2
greed
2
hoarding(cheap, scanty, stingy, miserly, grudging)
2
niggardliness(noun, prudence, stinginess, frugality, thrift)
2
rapacious(adjective, close, mean, narrow, greedy)
2
skinflinty
2
small(adjective, stingy, miserly, tightfisted)
2
spartan(adjective, prudent, stingy, sparing, thrifty)
2
stinting
2
tightness
1
Scotch(adjective, economical)
1
austere(adjective, stingy)
1
begrudging
1
canny(close, mean, careful, wise, tight)
1
chary(adjective, close, mean, spare, careful)
1
cheapness
1
churlish(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
1
circumspect(close, mean, frugal, economical, parsimonious)
1
closefistedness
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