Synonyms and Antonyms of stingy
1
giving or sharing as little as possible
- until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser
cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, 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
- a stingy serving of mashed potatoes
exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse
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
