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31tightfisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. thrifty, niggardly, frugal, penny pinching; see stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cheap, stingy, miserly, sparing, frugal, *penny pinching, penurious, parsimonious, niggardly, greedy. ANT.: generous, charitable …
32costive — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.… …
33penny-pinching — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See… …
34pinching — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny pinching, penurious, petty, stingy, tight, tightfisted.… …
35avaricious — a. Grasping, greedy (of gain), sordid, close, close fisted, hard fisted, eager for gain (for the sake of hoarding it). See covetous …
36parsimonious — a. Stingy, close, avaricious, niggardly, miserly, mean, penurious, grasping, covetous, close fisted, sordid, very saving, excessively frugal, near, illiberal, hard fisted, sparing …
37penurious — a. 1. Niggard, scanty, insufficient, inadequate, meagre, ill provided, poor, stinted. 2. Parsimonious, covetous, avaricious, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, sordid, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, close fisted, hard fisted, grasping, near …
38strong — adj 1. mighty, powerful, strong as a bull or horse or moose or lion, Herculean, Atlantean, Sl. packing a punch or wallop, Archaic. potential; muscular, sinewy, wiry, brawny, strapping, well built, athletic, musclebound; sturdy as an ox, burly,… …
39kulak — /ˈkulæk/ (say koohlak) noun (in Russia) 1. (before the revolution) a hard fisted merchant or a village usurer. 2. any peasant who employed hired labour or possessed any machinery. {Russian: fist, tight fisted person} …
40strength — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. power, vigor (see strength); potency, efficacy; hardness, resistance; strength of purpose, resolution, tenacity, courage. II Power of exertion Nouns 1. strength, power …
