Canadian English Meaning of niggard
tightwad
Other Canadian English words related to tightwad
- careful
- cheap
- close
- eager
- Greedy
- mean
- miserly
- stingy, tight-fisted
- parsimonious
- penniless
- pinching
- selfish
- stingy
- tight
- uncharitable
- ungenerous
- avaricious
- chary
- chintzy
- tight-fisted
- covetous
- economical
- economizing
- frugal
- mercenary
- stingy
- tight-fisted
- cheapskate
- savings
- small
- spare
- economical
- frugal
- thrifty
- conserving
- acquisitive
- keen
- begrudging
- envious
- grasping
- grudging
- greedy
- inhospitable
- itch
- rapacious
- resentful
- scrimping
- shabby
- scrimping
- squalid
- coveting
- altruistic
- bounteous
- bountiful
- charitable
- extravagant
- free
- generous
- handsome
- lavish
- liberal
- generous
- open-handed
- selfless
- unselfish
- unforgiving
- untiring
- Beneficent
- benevolent
- compassionate
- Freehand
- hospitable
- humanitarian
- kindly
- magnanimous
- overgenerous
- philanthropic
- philanthropic
- prodigal
- profligate
- profuse
- spendthrift
- dissipating
- Good-hearted
- big-hearted
- open-hearted
- Spendthrift
- squandering
- thriftless
- Wasteful
- wasting
Nearest Words of niggard
- niger-kordofanian language => Niger-Kordofanian languages
- niger-kordofanian => Niger-Kordofanian
- nigerien => Nigerian
- nigerian monetary unit => Nigerian monetary unit
- nigerian capital => Nigerian capital
- nigerian => Nigerian
- nigeria => Nigeria
- niger-congo => Niger-Congo
- niger river => Niger River
- niger franc => Niger franc
Definitions and Meaning of niggard in English
niggard (n)
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
niggard (n.)
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
niggard (a.)
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
niggard (v. t. & i.)
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
FAQs About the word niggard
tightwad
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spendA person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser., Like a
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altruistic,bounteous,bountiful,charitable,extravagant,free,generous,handsome,lavish,liberal
niger-kordofanian language => Niger-Kordofanian languages, niger-kordofanian => Niger-Kordofanian, nigerien => Nigerian, nigerian monetary unit => Nigerian monetary unit, nigerian capital => Nigerian capital,
