Miser

1. (n.) A covetous, grasping, person devoted to saving and hoarding wealth.

2. (n.) A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.

3. (n.) A despicable person; a wretch.

4. (n.) A kind of large earth auger.

Thesaurus Entries

Silas Marner, accumulator, bill collector, cheapskate, churl, collection agent, collector, connoisseur, curmudgeon, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, glutton, hog, magpie, muckworm, niggard, pack rat, penny pincher, pig, piker, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, skin, skinflint, stiff, tax collector, tightwad