Synonyms and Antonyms of niggardly
1
giving or sharing as little as possible
- she's a niggardly woman, so don't expect a handout from her
cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid
begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
inhospitable
altruistic, selfless, unselfish
extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse
beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted
thriftless, unthrifty
dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting
2
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
- niggardly portions of meat for dinner
exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager (or meagre), poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, short, wanting
bare, bare-bones
least, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightest
slight, small, thin
barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
adequate, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable
fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich
lavish, luxuriant
blooming, bursting, flourishing, proliferative, swarming, teeming, thriving
excess, extra, surplus
