closefisted

  • 1Closefisted — Close fist ed, a. Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. Closefisted contractors. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2closefisted — index illiberal, parsimonious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3closefisted — *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

  • 4closefisted — [klōs′fis΄tid] adj. stingy closefistedness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 5closefisted — adjective unwilling to part with money • Syn: ↑hardfisted, ↑tightfisted • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: ↑tightfistedness ( …

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  • 6closefisted — adjective Date: 1608 stingy, tightfisted …

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  • 7closefisted — closefistedly, adv. closefistedness, n. /klohs fis tid/, adj. stingy; miserly; tight. [1565 75; CLOSE + FIST1 + ED3] Syn. niggardly, penurious, tight fisted. * * * …

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  • 8closefisted — adjective Unwilling to spend money; stingy …

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  • 9closefisted — 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

  • 10closefisted — 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,… …

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