Meanings
plural cheapskates · alternative cheap skate · alternative cheap-skate
- Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
Synonyms: miser, carl, cheapass, cheapie, cheapo, churl, clutchfist, el cheapo · Antonyms: spendthrift
- broadlySomeone who does not give freely.
My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who stingily avoids spending money.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan agarrat, gasiu
- agarratsomeone who doesn't give freely
- gasiusomeone who doesn't give freely
Dutch gierigaard, vrek
- gierigaardsomeone who doesn't give freely
- vreksomeone who doesn't give freely
Finnish kitupiikki, saituri
- kitupiikkisomeone who doesn't give freely
- saiturisomeone who doesn't give freely
Indonesian kedekut, kikir
- kedekutsomeone who doesn't give freely
- kikirsomeone who doesn't give freely
Japanese 欲張り
- 欲張り (yokubari)someone who doesn't give freely
Korean 욕심쟁이
- 욕심쟁이 (yoksimjaeng'i)someone who doesn't give freely
Māori atuapo
- atuaposomeone who doesn't give freely
Russian жа́дина, жмот
- жа́дина (žádina)someone who doesn't give freely
- жмот (žmot)someone who doesn't give freely
Swedish snåljåp
- snåljåpsomeone who doesn't give freely
Tagalog kuripot
- kuripotsomeone who doesn't give freely
Cite this entry
cheapskate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheapskate
“cheapskate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheapskate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheapskate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheapskate.
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