| Niggard 1. (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. 2. (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. 3. (v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. Thesaurus Entries Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny-pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, shabby, skinflint, sordid, stiff, tight, tightwad |