1.
[syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Niggard \Nig"gard\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd), n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr
niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.]
A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends
grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Niggard \Nig"gard\, a.
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly;
miserly; stingy.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i.
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
niggard
n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "niggard":
Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon,
grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly,
penny pincher, penny-pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut,
pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, shabby, skinflint, sordid, stiff,
tight, tightwad