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Noun Concept
Categories: Misers, Stock characters
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miser  cheapskate  closefistedness  costiveness  meanness  mean
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A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably) WordNet 3.0
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A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. Wikipedia
Person who hoards money Wikipedia Disambiguation
Person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions Wikidata
Extreme reluctance to spend money. OmegaWiki
A person who is stingy and miserly. OmegaWiki
A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious. Wiktionary
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Ebenezer Scrooge was a stereotypical miser: he spent nothing he could save, neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth. Wiktionary
IS A
hoarder
stock character
HAS KIND
cheapskate
DERIVATION
mean
HAS QUALITY
greed
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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miser
Wikipedia
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miser
Wikidata
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miser
Wiktionary
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miser
OmegaWiki
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cheapskate, closefistedness, costiveness, meanness, miser, miserliness, niggard, niggardliness, parsimony, penuriousness, stinginess
Wikipedia Redirections
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mean (miserly), miserly, Miserly person, misers, Tightwaddery

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