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    close-fisted

    adjective

    • 1. unwilling to spend money; mean.

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  2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCLOSE-FISTED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    close-fisted. Very careful with money; mean.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › closefistedClosefisted Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Definition. Synonyms. Example Sentences. Word History. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. closefisted. adjective. close· fist· ed ˈklōs-ˌfi-stəd. Synonyms of closefisted. : stingy, tightfisted. Synonyms. cheap. chintzy. close. mean. mingy. miserly. niggardly. parsimonious. penny-pinching. penurious. pinching. pinchpenny. spare. sparing. stingy.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › close-fistedCLOSE-FISTED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Close-fisted definition: stingy; miserly; tight.. See examples of CLOSE-FISTED used in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › close-fistedCLOSE-FISTED - 18 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

    close-fisted. adjective. These are words and phrases related to close-fisted. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Old Scrooge was the most close-fisted of people. Synonyms. stingy. miserly. tight. niggardly. parsimonious. penurious. penny-pinching. mingy. close-handed. tight-fisted. ungenerous. grudging. mean. Antonyms.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › close-fistedClose-fisted - definition of close-fisted by The Free Dictionary

    close-fisted. adjective. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › closefistedClosefisted - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If you're so stingy that you can't stand to spend any money, not even to buy your adorable little cousin an ice cream cone, you are closefisted. People who prefer to hang onto their money are closefisted, especially if they aren't generous to others.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCLOSEFISTED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. stingy; miserly; tight. SYNONYMS miserly, penurious, tight-fisted. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. closefistedly. adverb. closefistedness. noun. Word origin.

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › closefistedCLOSEFISTED Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for CLOSEFISTED: close, careful, tight, selfish, cheap, pinching, greedy, mean; Antonyms of CLOSEFISTED: generous, liberal, charitable, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, unstinting, munificent.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › closefistedClosefisted - definition of closefisted by The Free Dictionary

    Define closefisted. closefisted synonyms, closefisted pronunciation, closefisted translation, English dictionary definition of closefisted. adj. stingy; miserly; tight. close′fist′ed•ly, adv. close′fist′ed•ness, n.

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › ClosefistedlyCLOSEFISTED Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    close·fist·ed·ness, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 British Dictionary definitions for close-fisted