cheapskate

Alternative forms

cheap skate, cheap-skate

Etymology

From cheap +‎ skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃipˌskeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): noicon (file)

Noun

cheapskate (plural cheapskates)

Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
Synonyms: miser; see also Thesaurus:miser

Antonym: spendthrift

He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

Translations

miser — see miser

someone who doesn't give freely

Catalan: agarrat (ca), gasiu (ca)
Dutch: gierigaard (nl) m, wrek m
Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
Indonesian: kedekut (id), kikir (id)
Japanese: 欲張り (ja) (よくばり, yokubari)
Korean: 욕심쟁이 (yoksimjaeng'i)
Maori: atuapo
Russian: жа́дина (ru) m or f (žádina), жмот (ru) m (žmot)
Swedish: snåljåp (sv) c
Tagalog: kuripot

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} avare (fr) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Geizkragen (de) m