tightwad

n. Slang
A miser.

noun

A stingy person: miser, niggard, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal penny pincher. Slang cheapskate, stiff. See give/take/reciprocity.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a miserly person
  Synonym: cheapskate

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fedtsyl

Nederlands (Dutch)
gierigaard

Français (French)
n. - (US) radin (péj)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Geizhals

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σφιχτοχέρης

Italiano (Italian)
taccagno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - unha de fome (m), sovina (m)

Русский (Russian)
(амер.) скупой, скряга

Español (Spanish)
n. - roñoso, tacaño

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - isht. am. var. girigbuk, snåljåp, gnidare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吝啬鬼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吝嗇鬼

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구두쇠

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - けちん坊, しみったれ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشحيح, ألبخيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קמצן‬

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