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- Dictionarystingy/ˈstɪn(d)ʒi/
adjective
- 1. mean; ungenerous: informal "his boss is stingy and idle"
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The meaning of STINGY is not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending. How to use stingy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stingy.
STINGY definition: 1. unwilling to spend money: 2. small in amount and less than is needed or expected: 3. unwilling…. Learn more.
If you are looking to describe someone with a Scrooge- or Grinch-like tendency to pinch his pennies, then stingy can be your adjective of choice. Or, if you are looking to describe something you have too little of — like a 43-second coffee break — you can use stingy as well.
tight-fisted informal disapproving. small in amount and less than is needed or expected: The problems are linked to stingy government spending over the past decade. The private operators, to earn a profit, have fewer employees with lower pay and stingier benefits. Synonyms.
Synonyms for STINGY: careful, miserly, selfish, greedy, tightfisted, parsimonious, tight, close; Antonyms of STINGY: generous, liberal, charitable, munificent, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, unselfish.
stingy, the most general of these terms, means unwilling to share, give, or spend possessions or money: children who are stingy with their toys; a stingy, grasping skinflint. parsimonious describes an extreme stinginess arising from unusual or excessive frugality: a sternly parsimonious, penny-pinching existence. miserly stresses a pathological ...
adjective. /ˈstɪndʒi/. /ˈstɪndʒi/. (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest) (informal) not given or giving willingly; not generous, especially with money synonym mean. You're stingy! (= not willing to spend money) Don't be so stingy with the cream! It was a stingy offer and he turned it down.
