cheapskate

English

Etymology

cheap + skate (fellow)

Noun

cheapskate (plural cheapskates)

1. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.

   He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.

2. By extension, someone who doesn't give freely.

   My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

Synonyms

• miser
• See also Wikisaurus:miser

Antonyms

• spendthrift

Translations

someone who avoids spending money

• Dutch: gierigaard (nl) m
• Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
• French: avare (fr) m, pingre (fr) m
• Italian: tirchio (it) m, avaro (it) m

• Portuguese: muquirana (pt) c (slang)
• Russian: скряга (ru) (skrjága) m and f, скупец (ru) (skupéc) m, крохобор (ru) (kroxobór) m
• Swedish: snåljåp (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuripot (tl)

someone who doesn't give freely

• Dutch: gierigaard m, wrek m
• Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
• Russian: жадина (ru) (žádina) m and f, жмот (ru) (žmot) m

• Swedish: snåljåp (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuripot (tl)

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• French: avare m