niggardly
The word “niggardly” has 3 syllables: nig-gard-ly
It's pronounced as /ˈnɪɡərdli/
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In the thesaurus, “niggardly” has 141 synonyms and 101 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for niggardly along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for niggardly
- abominably
- abysmally
- acquisitive
- atrociously
- avaricious
- avid
- awfully
- bad
- badly
- bare
- bare-bones
- barren
- begrudging
- careful
- chary
- cheap
- chintzy
- close
- closefisted
- conserving
- coveting
- covetous
- damnably
- deficient
- deficiently
- deplorably
- desirous
- detestably
- disastrously
- dreadfully
- economical
- economizing
- egregiously
- envious
- execrably
- exiguous
- flagrantly
- frugal
- grasping
- greedy
- grossly
- grudging
- hand-to-mouth
- hoggish
- horrendously
- horribly
- horrifically
- inadequate
- inadequately
- inappropriately
- incorrectly
- indecently
- inferiorly
- infertile
- inhospitable
- insufficient
- insufficiently
- intolerably
- itchy
- lacking
- least
- light
- littlest
- lousily
- lowest
- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- mean
- meanly
- mercenary
- mere
- mingy
- minimal
- miserably
- miserly
- naughtily
- niggard
- odiously
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- pinching
- pinchpenny
- poor
- poorly
- rapacious
- reprehensibly
- resentful
- rottenly
- saving
- scant
- scantily
- scantly
- scanty
- scarce
- scrimping
- selfish
- shabbily
- shabby
- shoddily
- short
- skimp
- skimpily
- skimping
- skimpy
- sleazily
- slender
- slight
- slightest
- slim
- small
- sordid
- spare
- sparely
- sparing
- sparse
- sterile
- stingily
- stingy
- stinting
- terribly
- thin
- thin on the ground
- thrifty
- tight
- tightfisted
- trashily
- unacceptably
- unbearably
- uncharitable
- unfruitful
- ungenerous
- unproductive
- unsatisfactorily
- unspeakably
- unsuitably
- vilely
- vulgarly
- wanting
- wretchedly
Antonyms for niggardly
- abundant
- acceptably
- adequate
- adequately
- all right
- altruistic
- ample
- appropriately
- beneficent
- benevolent
- blooming
- bounteous
- bountiful
- bursting
- charitable
- compassionate
- congruously
- copious
- correctly
- decently
- decorously
- dissipating
- enough
- exactly
- excess
- extra
- extravagant
- faithfully
- fat
- fecund
- felicitously
- fertile
- fine
- fittingly
- flourishing
- free
- freehanded
- frittering
- fruitful
- generous
- good
- good-hearted
- gratifyingly
- greathearted
- handsome
- hospitable
- humanitarian
- ideally
- kindly
- lavish
- liberal
- luxuriant
- magnanimous
- meetly
- munificent
- nicely
- ok
- okay
- openhanded
- openhearted
- overgenerous
- palatably
- passably
- philanthropic
- philanthropical
- plenteous
- plentiful
- precisely
- prodigal
- profligate
- profuse
- proliferative
- prolific
- respectably
- rich
- rightly
- satisfactorily
- satisfactory
- satisfyingly
- seemly
- selfless
- so-so
- spendthrift
- splurging
- squandering
- sufficient
- suitably
- surplus
- swarming
- teeming
- thriftless
- thriving
- tolerable
- tolerably
- unselfish
- unsparing
- unstinting
- unthrifty
- wasteful
- wasting
- well
Meanings of niggardly
- adjective
- Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
- adverb
- In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
Example Sentences
- He gave a niggardly donation to the charity, barely covering the cost.
- The company offered a niggardly raise that disappointed all the employees.
- Despite the success, the manager’s niggardly budget cuts affected many departments.
- The landlord was criticized for his niggardly approach to maintenance.
- Her niggardly attitude made it hard for others to work with her.
On this page you'll find 242 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to niggardly, such as: abominably, abundant, abysmally, acceptably, acquisitive, adequate, adequately.
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