penurious (Meaning)
penurious (s)
not having enough money to pay for necessities
excessively unwilling to spend
penurious (a.)
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
Synonyms & Antonyms of penurious
Synonyms:
- covetous
- sordid
- pinchpenny
- closefisted
- rapacious
- conserving
- mercenary
- frugal
- hoggish
- acquisitive
- stinting
- spare
- sparing
- chary
- small
- saving
- economizing
- avaricious
- thrifty
- shabby
Antonyms:
- beneficent
- wasteful
- humanitarian
- profuse
- compassionate
- overgenerous
- profligate
- openhearted
- philanthropic
- openhearted
- free
- benevolent
- hospitable
- compassionate
- kindly
- freehanded
- benevolent
- philanthropical
- wasteful
- unthrifty
- humanitarian
- unthrifty
- freehanded
- profligate
- magnanimous
- magnanimous
- profuse
- overgenerous
- philanthropical
- beneficent
- kindly
- free
- hospitable
- philanthropic
FAQs About the word penurious
not having enough money to pay for necessities, excessively unwilling to spendExcessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly., Not bountiful o
miserly, chintzy, mingy, stingy, cheap, economical, niggard, tight, parsimonious,selfish
lavish, bountiful, liberal, unsparing, charitable, lavish, unstinting, bounteous, openhanded, unselfish
The penurious family struggled to make ends meet, living in a dilapidated house.
Despite his penurious upbringing, he managed to secure a prestigious scholarship.
The penurious villagers depended on government aid to survive during the famine.
The penurious artist sold his masterpieces for a pittance to make enough money to survive.
