PENURIOUSNESSES Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word penuriousnesses. (close relations)
Definition of PENURIOUSNESSES
penuriousness
Best Alternative Words for PENURIOUSNESSES
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avarice | nounn | |||||||
noun • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||||
frugality | nounn | |||||||
noun • prudence in avoiding waste | ||||||||
greed | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
meanness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being deliberately mean • extreme stinginess | ||||||||
miserliness | nounn | |||||||
noun • total lack of generosity with money | ||||||||
parsimoniousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily • extreme stinginess | ||||||||
stinginess | nounn | |||||||
noun • a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money | ||||||||
thrift | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers • extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | ||||||||
tightness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit • a tight feeling in some part of the body • the spatial property of being crowded together • extreme stinginess • lack of movement or room for movement | ||||||||
impecuniousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of lacking money | ||||||||
pennilessness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of lacking money |