- closefisted
- adjective Date: 1608 stingy, tightfisted
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
closefisted
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Closefisted — Close fist ed, a. Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. Closefisted contractors. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
closefisted — index illiberal, parsimonious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
closefisted — *stingy, close, tight, tightfisted, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly, cheeseparing, penny pinching Ana, Ant & Contrasted words: see those at CLOSE adj 5 … New Dictionary of Synonyms
closefisted — [klōs′fis΄tid] adj. stingy closefistedness n … English World dictionary
closefisted — adjective unwilling to part with money • Syn: ↑hardfisted, ↑tightfisted • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: ↑tightfistedness ( … Useful english dictionary
closefisted — closefistedly, adv. closefistedness, n. /klohs fis tid/, adj. stingy; miserly; tight. [1565 75; CLOSE + FIST1 + ED3] Syn. niggardly, penurious, tight fisted. * * * … Universalium
closefisted — adjective Unwilling to spend money; stingy … Wiktionary
closefisted — Synonyms and related words: avaricious, cheap, clinging, close, grasping, hardfisted, illiberal, keeping, miserly, narrow, near, niggardly, penny pinching, pinchfisted, pinching, save all, stingy, tenacious, tight, tightfisted, ungenerous … Moby Thesaurus
closefisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tight, miserly, stingy, niggardly; see greedy 1 , stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tightfisted, tight, cheap, stingy, miserly, niggardly, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious. ANT.: generous, giving,… … English dictionary for students
closefisted — adj. miserly, stingy, niggardly … English contemporary dictionary
