penny-pinching
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Types & categories
- frugality hypernym
Related & opposite
- penny-pinching derivation
- parsimonious derivation
- thrifty derivation
- thrifty derivation
Sense 2 adjective
giving or spending with reluctance
our cheeseparing administration
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penny-pinching |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parsimonious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrifty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrifty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | frugality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | minginess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parsimony |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stingy |