cheeseparing

cheeseparing
Synonyms and related words:
Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheap, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption, economy of means, elegance, exiguous, forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, grudging, illiberal, infrequent, labor-saving, law of parsimony, low growth rate, meager, mean, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, overfrugal, parsimonious, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penny-wise and pound-foolish, penurious, piddling, pinching, poor, provident, prudent, prudential, rare, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, retrenchment, saving, scamping, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scraping, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, shabby, skimping, skimpy, slim, slowdown, spare, sparing, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, stinting, thin, thrifty, tight, tightfisted, time-saving, too frugal, unwasteful

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  • Cheeseparing — Cheese par ing, n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cheeseparing — *stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious, miserly …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • cheeseparing — [chēz′per′iŋ] n. 1. anything as worthless as a paring of cheese rind 2. miserly handling of money or finances adj. stingy; miserly …   English World dictionary

  • cheeseparing — noun Date: 1597 1. something worthless or insignificant 2. miserly economizing • cheeseparing adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cheeseparing — adjective giving or spending with reluctance our cheeseparing administration very close (or near) with his money a penny pinching miserly old man • Syn: ↑close, ↑near, ↑penny pinching, ↑skinny …   Useful english dictionary

  • cheeseparing — cheeseparer, n. /cheez pair ing/, adj. 1. meanly economical; parsimonious. n. 2. something of little or no value. 3. niggardly economy. [1590 1600; CHEESE1 + PARING] * * * …   Universalium

  • cheeseparing — adjective niggardly, stingy …   Wiktionary

  • cheeseparing — n. miserliness, stinginess …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cheeseparing — cheese·par·ing …   English syllables

  • cheeseparing — UK [ˈtʃiːzˌpeərɪŋ] / US [ˈtʃɪzˌperɪŋ] noun [uncountable] British the behaviour of someone who tries to save money in an unreasonable way …   English dictionary

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