English dictionary

stingy

/'st/I//N//i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

unwilling to spend

adj.all

Examples
She practices economy without being stingy.

Synonyms ungenerous

Antonyms generous

Source: WordNet 3.0
deficient in amount or quality or extent

adj.all

Synonyms meager meagerly meagre scrimpy

Antonyms ample

Source: WordNet 3.0
Stinging; able to sting.

adjective

Source: webster1913
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a <i>stingy</i> churl.

adjective

Source: webster1913