Closefisted

Closefisted
Closefisted Close"fist`ed, a. Covetous; niggardly. --Bp. Berkeley. ``Closefisted contractors.'' --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

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

  • closefisted — *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

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

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

  • closefisted — adjective Date: 1608 stingy, tightfisted …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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

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

  • closefisted — 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

  • closefisted — 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,… …   English dictionary for students

  • closefisted — adj. miserly, stingy, niggardly …   English contemporary dictionary

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