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TIGHTFISTEDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does tightfistedness mean?

• TIGHTFISTEDNESS (noun)
The noun TIGHTFISTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. extreme stinginess

Familiarity information: TIGHTFISTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TIGHTFISTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Extreme stinginess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; tightfistedness; meanness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; closeness; tightness

Hypernyms ("tightfistedness" is a kind of...):

stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tightfistedness"):

littleness; pettiness; smallness (lack of generosity in trifling matters)

miserliness (total lack of generosity with money)

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