15
skinflint(noun, person, give, character, money)
12
cheapskate(noun, person, give, character, slang)
11
scrooge(noun, person, give, character, money)
9
miser(noun, person, give, character, money)
9
niggard(noun, person, give, character, money)
6
frugal(adjective, characteristic, quality, tight, prudent)
6
churl(noun, person, rude, boor, miser)
6
piker
5
pinchpenny(noun, person, character, money, behavior)
5
stiff(noun, give, slang, miser)
4
penny-pincher(noun, person, character, money, behavior)
4
penny pincher(noun, person, give, informal, miser)
3
curmudgeon(noun, person, character, money, behavior)
3
grasping
3
miserly
3
stingy(adjective, tight, prudent, frugal, sparing)
3
stingy person(expression, idiom)
3
tightfisted(adjective, cheap)
2
avaricious
2
parsimonious(adjective, tight, prudent, frugal, stingy)
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