Synonyms for miser
ˈmaɪ zərmiser

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1. misernoun

   Synonyms:
   skinflint, cheapskate, scrooge

   Antonyms:
   spendthrift

2. misernoun

   A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

   Ebenezer Scrooge was a stereotypical miser, he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.

   Synonyms:
   cheapskate, scrooge, skinflint

   Antonyms:
   spendthrift

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1. miser

   Synonyms:
   niggard, churl, skinflint, curmudgeon, screw, scrimp, hunks

   Antonyms:
   prodigal, spendthrift, rake

Princeton's WordNet

1. misernoun

   a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

Matched Categories

1. • Hoarder

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. misernoun

   Synonyms:
   niggard, curmudgeon, hunks, skinflint, lickpenny, churl, sordid wretch

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1. misernoun

   Synonyms:
   niggard, muckworm, curmudgeon, skinflint, hunks, lickpenny, pinchfist, screw, scrimp

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How to use miser in a sentence?

1. William Blake:

   To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.

2. Lucius Accius Telephus:

   Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. (Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.)

3. Laurence J. Peter:

   Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.

4. Josh Billings:

   The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

5. George Santayana:

   The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.