What does closefisted mean?

closefisted means "unwilling to part with money".

How many syllables are in closefisted?

closefisted has 4 syllables: clo-se-fi-sted. The stress falls on "se".

What is another word for closefisted?

Close synonyms include hardfisted, tightfisted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is closefisted a common word?

closefisted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

closefisted — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
unwilling to part with money
Synonymshardfisted tightfisted
Similarstingy

Questions about closefisted

What does closefisted mean?: closefisted means "unwilling to part with money".
How many syllables are in closefisted?: closefisted has 4 syllables: clo-se-fi-sted. The stress falls on "se".
What is another word for closefisted?: Close synonyms include hardfisted, tightfisted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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