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TIGHTWAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tightwad mean? 

TIGHTWAD (noun)
  The noun TIGHTWAD has 1 sense:

1. a miserly personplay

  Familiarity information: TIGHTWAD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIGHTWAD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A miserly person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cheapskate; tightwad

Hypernyms ("tightwad" is a kind of...):

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


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