penurious
4 synonyms and 5 antonyms for penurious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Very unwilling to spend money; stingy.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
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.”
Opposites
2. adj
Lacking in richness; sparse or meagre.
“The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.”
Opposites
Etymology
Taken from Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus (see penury, from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400); compare French pénurie.
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