niggardly
adjectiveHow many syllables in niggardly?
There are 3 syllables in the word niggardly.How to pronounce niggardly:
Definition of niggardly:
- niggardly (adjective):
- petty or reluctant in giving or spending.
- grudgingly mean about spending or granting begrudging
Synonyms for niggardly:
avaricious
careful
chary
cheap
chintzy
close
closefisted
conserving
desirous
economical
economizing
frugal
greedy
grudging
mean
mercenary
mingy
miserly
near
niggard
parsimonious
penny-pinching
penurious
pinching
pinchpenny
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Antonyms for niggardly:
abounding
abundant
acceptable
adequate
affluent
altruistic
ample
aplenty
away
beneficent
benevolent
benignant
big
big-hearted
bighearted
bounteous
bountiful
charitable
comfortable
considerable
considerate
copious
easy
endless
enormous
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- mortified
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- resembling
- awkwardly
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- resorting
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- ectasis
- antevert
- crazier
- peacefully
- upbringing
- decreasing
- unadorned
- abrogate
- accredit
- intension
- baphomet
- expanded
- genial
- emersion
- breathtaking
- aquatic
- sizable
- reliving
- jubilant
- unbeknown
- impromptu
- acolyte
- tacitly
- supervise
- speedily
- visited
- reminisced
- despising
- stubbornly
- fitfully
- multitude
- snickering
- inculcate
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- insensate
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- omnivore
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