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tight-fisted adjective [ ˌtʌɪtˈfɪstɪd ]

• not willing to spend or give much money; miserly.
• "tight-fisted to the point of miserliness"
Similar: miserly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, penurious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close, mean, stingy, mingy, tight, cheap, near, tight-arsed, tight-assed,
Opposite: generous, liberal,


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