cheapskate
English
Alternative forms
- cheap skate
- cheap-skate
Etymology
From cheap + skate (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
Noun
cheapskate (plural cheapskates)
- Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
- (by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
- My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
Synonyms
- miser
- See also Thesaurus:miser
Antonyms
- spendthrift
Translations
someone who avoids spending money
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someone who doesn't give freely
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