cheapskate

English

Alternative forms

• cheap skate, cheap-skate

Etymology

From cheap +‎ skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.

Noun

cheapskate (plural cheapskates)

1. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.

   Synonyms: miser; see also Thesaurus:miser

   Antonym: spendthrift

   He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.

2. (by extension) Someone who does not give freely.

   My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

Translations

miser — see miser

someone who doesn't give freely

• Catalan: agarrat (ca), gasiu (ca)
• Dutch: gierigaard (nl) m, wrek m
• Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
• Indonesian: kedekut (id), kikir (id)
• Japanese: 欲張り (ja) (よくば​り, yokubari)
• Korean: 욕심쟁이 (yoksimjaeng'i)
• Maori: atuapo
• Russian: жа́дина (ru) m or f (žádina), жмот (ru) m (žmot)
• Swedish: snåljåp (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuripot

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• French: ^{(please verify)} avare (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Geizkragen (de) m