stingy

Other forms of stingy

comparative or superlative

stingier

comparative or superlative

stingiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stingy

What does stingy mean?

stingy means "unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stingy?

stingy has 2 syllables: stin-gy. The stress falls on "stin". In IPA it is /ˈstɪndʒi/.

What is another word for stingy?

Close synonyms include ungenerous, meager, meagre, meagerly, scrimpy. 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.

What is the opposite of stingy?

The recorded antonyms are generous.

Is stingy a common word?

stingy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.