as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
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Andy’s a cheapskate.
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Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
Clearly, this isn't your cheapskate uncle's Spectra.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
Buffett may be, like Scrooge, kind of a cheapskate with personal expenditures, but unlike Scrooge (and unlike Gramm), Buffett believes that the wealthy are undertaxed.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
When the Halos somehow lucked into Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani — the best player in baseball and the most exciting, respectively — Moreno suddenly turned into a cheapskate and didn’t surround them with a competitive team.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
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Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
Clearly, this isn't your cheapskate uncle's Spectra.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
Buffett may be, like Scrooge, kind of a cheapskate with personal expenditures, but unlike Scrooge (and unlike Gramm), Buffett believes that the wealthy are undertaxed.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
When the Halos somehow lucked into Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani — the best player in baseball and the most exciting, respectively — Moreno suddenly turned into a cheapskate and didn’t surround them with a competitive team.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
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“Cheapskate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapskate. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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