Usually means: Person who avoids spending money.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word tightwad:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. tightwad: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tightwad: Merriam-Webster
  3. tightwad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tightwad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tightwad: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tightwad: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tightwad, tightwad: Wordnik
  8. tightwad: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Tightwad, tightwad: Wiktionary
  10. tightwad: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tightwad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tightwad: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tightwad: Dictionary.com
  14. tightwad: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tightwad: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. tightwad: Rhymezone
  17. tightwad: FreeDictionary.org
  18. tightwad: ESL Idiom Page
  19. tightwad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. tightwad: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tightwad, tightwad: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tightwad: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. tightwad: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
▸ noun:  A village in Missouri.

Similar:
cheapskate, tightass, skinflint, wastethrift, cheapie, miser, shitwad, niggard, wastegood, dingwad, more...

Opposite:
spender, generous, lavish, prodigal

Types:
cheapskate, penny-pincher, miser, skinflint, more...

Adjectives:
old, such, notorious, real, regular, biggest, worst, terrible, awful, rich, stinking
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Similar:
cheapskate, tightass, skinflint, wastethrift, cheapie, miser, shitwad, niggard, wastegood, dingwad, more...

Opposite:
spender, generous, lavish, prodigal

Types:
cheapskate, penny-pincher, miser, skinflint, more...

Adjectives:
old, such, notorious, real, regular, biggest, worst, terrible, awful, rich, stinking



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