cheapskate
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt/
- Offensive
:
tacaño
- Everyone at the office knows he's a cheapskate because he never buys lunch for anyone.
- a bunch of cheapskates
- cheapskate pays
- cheapskate billionaire
Examples
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Don't be such a cheapskate.
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Get out of my street parking spots, you cheapskates!
Blog text (4) -
You can be a cheapskate and still look terrific.
Blog text (6) -
I suppose I was a cheapskate, but I also loved the idea of making something myself from scratch.
Blog text (14) -
I'm the acknowledged cheapskate of my family.
Blog text (8) -
For all his money, Stan was a cheapskate.
Fiction book (1995) -
I shop wherever it's the cheapest because I'm a cheapskate.
Blog text (4) -
What a cheapskate.
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I married a cheapskate.
Fiction book (1994) -
Who's the cheapskate?
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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8.7
A person who does not like to spend money
3
9.9
A person who does not want to spend money or take risks
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8.5
A person who refuses to spend money or share with others
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9.3
A person who does not like to spend money
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9.1
A person who does not like to spend money
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5.8
A person who spends very little money to save as much as possible
Not willing to spend money, even for small things
A person who does not like to spend money
A person who does not like to spend money
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cheapskate combines cheap ('inexpensive' or 'bargain') with skate, an old slang word for an unpleasant person. A helpful image is someone who 'skates away' from paying, which is why a cheapskate is a person unwilling to spend money.