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niggard

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adjectivenounverb
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As an adjective, niggard means sparing. As a noun, it means a miser or stingy person.

Meanings of niggard

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Sparing; stinting; parsimonious.

  2. Miserly or stingy.

noun

  1. A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.

  2. A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.

  3. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spendperson

    Similar: skinflint, scrooge, churl

verb

  1. To hoard; to act stingily.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
skinflintscroogechurl

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