parsimony

parsimony
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Excessive frugality
Nouns
1. parsimony, parsimoniousness, stinginess, miserliness; illiberality, avarice, greed (see desire). See selfishness, economy.
2. miser, niggard, churl, skinflint, scrimp, lickpenny, curmudgeon, harpy; extortioner, usurer; scrooge. Slang, tightwad, cheapskate, penny-pincher, piker, muckworm.
Verbs — stint, [be]grudge, pinch, gripe, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, live on nothing, pinch pennies, scrimp; drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; have an itching palm, grasp, grab (see desire).
Adjectives — parsimonious, penurious, stingy, miserly, mean, shabby, piddling, scrubby, pennywise, near, niggardly, close; close-, hard-, or tight-fisted, grasping; tight, sparing; chary; grudging, griping; illiberal, ungenerous; avaricious, greedy. Informal, skimping. Slang, grafty.
Antonyms, see giving, liberality.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. stinginess, selfishness, providence; see frugality , greed .

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