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penny pinching
Overview of noun penny-pinching
The noun penny-pinching has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching -- (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
Overview of verb penny-pinch
The verb penny-pinch has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime -- (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
Overview of adj penny-pinching
The adj penny-pinching has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny -- (giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun penny-pinching
1 sense of penny-pinching
Sense 1
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
=> frugality, frugalness
=> prudence
=> discretion, discernment
=> wisdom, wiseness
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> natural virtue
=> cardinal virtue
=> virtue
=> good, goodness
=> morality
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun penny-pinching
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun penny-pinching
1 sense of penny-pinching
Sense 1
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
=> frugality, frugalness
Antonyms of noun penny-pinching
Member Holonyms of noun penny-pinching
Substance Holonyms of noun penny-pinching
Part Holonyms of noun penny-pinching
Member Meronyms of noun penny-pinching
Substance Meronyms of noun penny-pinching
Part Meronyms of noun penny-pinching
Meronyms of noun penny-pinching
Holonyms of noun penny-pinching
Attributes of noun penny-pinching
Derived Forms of noun penny-pinching
Domain of noun penny-pinching
Domain Terms of noun penny-pinching
Familiarity of noun penny-pinching
penny-pinching used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun penny-pinching
1 sense of penny-pinching
Sense 1
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
> frugality, frugalness
=> parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
=> economy, thriftiness
Meronyms of noun penny-pinching
1 sense of penny-pinching
Holonyms of noun penny-pinching
Grep of noun penny-pinching
penny-pinching
Antonyms of verb penny-pinch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb penny-pinch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
'Cause To' of verb penny-pinch
Derived Forms of verb penny-pinch
Domain of verb penny-pinch
Domain Terms of verb penny-pinch
Familiarity of verb penny-pinch
penny-pinch used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
> spend, expend, drop
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> afford
=> blow
=> wanton, wanton away, trifle away
=> underspend
=> misspend
=> penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> invest, put, commit, place
=> save, economize, economise
=> lay out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
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Grep of verb penny-pinch
penny-pinch
Antonyms of adj penny-pinching
1 sense of penny-pinching
Sense 1
cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
INDIRECT (VIA stingy) -> generous
Similarity of adj penny-pinching
1 sense of penny-pinching
Sense 1
cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
=> stingy (vs. generous), ungenerous
Pertainyms of adj penny-pinching
Attributes of adj penny-pinching
Domain of adj penny-pinching
Domain Terms of adj penny-pinching
Familiarity of adj penny-pinching
penny-pinching used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj penny-pinching
penny-pinching
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