penurious

5 antonyms for penurious — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Very unwilling to spend money; stingy.

Synonyms by Meaning

Very unwilling to spend money; stingy.

“The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.”

parsimonious impecunious pinched penniless

Opposites

liberal

Lacking in richness; sparse or meagre.

“The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.”

Opposites

bountiful

Very poor; short of money.

“The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.”

Opposites

moneyed wealthy rich

liberal bountiful moneyed wealthy rich

Taken from Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus (see penury, from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400); compare French pénurie.

rich liberal wealthy pinched parsimonious moneyed penniless bountiful