History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
mean

not generous; selfish; (of a person behaviour) cruel, unkind; occupying the middle position between two extremes; (of words, sentences etc) to have (something) as an explanation

ungenerous

mingy

small; ungenerous

ungenerous

scrooge

a person who loves wealth and spends as little as possible

skinflint

NIGGARD as in Wiktionary
NIGGARD as in Wikipedia