Meaning & use
niggard
A person who is extremely reluctant to spend money; a stingy or miserly individual.
See it in a sentence
The old merchant was known as a niggard who paid his workers as little as possible.
Even wealthy, he lived like a niggard, refusing to buy anything beyond bare necessities.
A note on using this word
Niggard is an old English word unrelated in origin to any racial slur, but its similar sound leads most writers today to avoid it in favor of 'miser' or 'stingy person.'
Words with a similar meaning
miserskinflint
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Words with an opposite meaning
spendthrift
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