Lesson 9. Words Relating to Cheapness or Care with Spending Money (austere, avaricious, frugal, mercenary, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, thrifty)

parsimonious (a)

extreme care or reluctance in spending; frugality; niggardliness

avaricious (a)

greedy

mercenary (a)

greedy; money-making at expense of ethics

austere (a)

having great economy; showing self-control

miserly (a)

hoards money or possessions, don't share

skinflint (n)

niggardly person; miser

thrifty (a)

showing care with how money and resources are spent or used

frugal (a)

careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful

penurious (a)

stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution