tightwad
nounEtymology From tight + wad.
1
Colloquial, Derogatory One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
- That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas.
- He gulps down the hot coffee and leaves a nice fat tip. No one can say he's a tightwad.1966, Burt Blechman, Stations, published 1969, page 40:
- Antonyms
- spendthrift
- Derived terms
- tightwaddish