Words meaning thrifty but not in a complimentary way: “She’s not a bad housekeeper, but very ________.”
| TIGHT | 232 |
| STINGY | 223 |
| CLOSE | 204 |
| NR | 94 |
| SAVING | 80 |
| SKIMPY | 75 |
| FRUGAL | 31 |
| MISERLY | 28 |
| CHEAP | 21 |
| THRIFTY | 20 |
| CONSERVATIVE | 19 |
| ECONOMICAL | 19 |
| SCOTCH | 16 |
| SPARING | 15 |
| PENNY-PINCHING | 12 |
| CAREFUL | 9 |
| CHINTZY | 8 |
| PENNY-PINCHER | 8 |
| CLOSE-FISTED | 6 |
| TIGHT-FISTED | 6 |
| MEAN | 5 |
| PENURIOUS | 5 |
| TIGHTWAD | 5 |
| ECONOMIC | 4 |
| NEAR | 4 |
| NIGGARDLY | 3 |
| PENNY-WISE | 3 |
| PINCH-PENNY | 3 |
| SHIFTLESS | 3 |
| SKIMPING | 3 |
| SKINFLINT | 3 |
| SPENDTHRIFT | 3 |
| CARELESS | 2 |
| CAUTIOUS | 2 |
| CLOSE WITH HER MONEY | 2 |
| COUNTS HER PENNIES | 2 |
| MONEY-CONSCIOUS | 2 |
| NASTY-NICE | 2 |
| PARSIMONIOUS | 2 |
| SCOTTISH | 2 |
| SCROUNGY | 2 |
| SHIFTY | 2 |
| SLACK | 2 |
| SLOPPY | 2 |
| SLOUCHY | 2 |
| WATCHES HER PENNIES | 2 |
| AMBITIOUS | 1 |
| BARGAIN HUNTER | 1 |
| BEGGARLY | 1 |
| BUSINESSMAN | 1 |
| CAN MAKE A NICKEL LOOK LIKE A DOLLAR | 1 |
| CHEAP-WAD | 1 |
| CHEAT | 1 |
| CHEESE | 1 |
| CHEESE-PARING | 1 |
| CHINCHY | 1 |
| CLOSE WITH A DOLLAR | 1 |
| CLOSE-PENNIED | 1 |
| CONNIVING | 1 |
| CUTS CORNERS | 1 |
| FLIGHTY | 1 |
| GREEDY | 1 |
| GRUBBY | 1 |
| HOGGISH | 1 |
| HUSTLER | 1 |
| JEW | 1 |
| KNOWS HOW TO SAVE | 1 |
| MAKES THE EAGLE SQUAWK | 1 |
| MEASLY | 1 |
| MISER | 1 |
| MONEY-HUNGRY | 1 |
| NOT MUCH OF A SPENDER | 1 |
| NOT VERY WASTEFUL | 1 |
| OVER-ECONOMICAL | 1 |
| OVER-THRIFTY | 1 |
| “PENNYWISE, POUND FOOLISH” | 1 |
| PERSNICKETY | 1 |
| PICKANINISH | 1 |
| PICKY | 1 |
| PINCHED | 1 |
| PINCHES | 1 |
| PLEASANT | 1 |
| POTENT | 1 |
| PRECISE | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| SAVEY | 1 |
| SAVING PERSON | 1 |
| SCOTCHY | 1 |
| SCRIMPY | 1 |
| SCRIMY | 1 |
| SCROOGEY | 1 |
| SCRUPULOUS | 1 |
| SETS A POOR TABLE | 1 |
| SHARP | 1 |
| SHREWD | 1 |
| SHREWD TRADER | 1 |
| SKIMP | 1 |
| SKIMPY WITH SPENDING | 1 |
| SKINCY | 1 |
| SLOVENLY | 1 |
| SMOOTH | 1 |
| STRING SAVER | 1 |
| SURE NOT WASTEFUL | 1 |
| TAKES CARE OF HER MONEY | 1 |
| THOROUGH | 1 |
| THRIFTY IN HER WAYS | 1 |
| THRIFTY PERSON | 1 |
| THRIVING | 1 |
| TIDY | 1 |
| TIGHT AS A BULL’S ASS IN FLY TIME | 1 |
| TIGHT AS HELL | 1 |
| TIGHT ON HER MONEY | 1 |
| TIGHT WITH HER MONEY | 1 |
| TOO TIGHT TO LIVE | 1 |
| TOUGH | 1 |
| VERY POOR MANAGER | 1 |
| WATCHES EVERY CENT | 1 |
| WISE | 1 |
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