1. (adj)mean, mingy, miserly, tight (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity Synonyms: close, pissed, blind drunk, base, mean(a), besotted, slopped, rigorous, mingy, blotto, average, squiffy, pixilated, hateful, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, tight, soused, compressed, meanspirited, sozzled, taut, nasty, plastered, miserly, stiff, stringent, pie-eyed, bastardly, sloshed, smashed, mean, soaked, loaded, wet, beggarly Antonyms: generous
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'miserly'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. miserly Avaricious and covetous refer especially to acquisition, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, and penurious to expenditure. The avaricious man has an eager craving for money, and ordinaril Synonyms: avaricious, close, greedy, niggardly, penurious, sordid, covetous, miserly, parsimonious, rapacious, stingy Antonyms: bountiful, free, generous, liberal, munificent, prodigal, wasteful