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Definition of Tightwad
1. Noun. A miserly person.
Definition of Tightwad
1. Noun. One who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money (usually mildly derisive). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tightwad
1. a miser [n -S] - See also: miser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightwad
Literary usage of Tightwad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Uncle Walt: Walt Mason the Poet Philosopher by Walt Mason (1910)
"The tightwad often is a bear around his home, and everywhere, and people hate or
... Me- thinks that when the tightwad dies, and to his retribution flies, ..."
2. Walt Mason, His Book by Walt Mason (1916)
"THE tightwad is a pleasant soul who freezes strongly to his roll, until he hasn't
any; ... The tightwad often is a bear around his home, and everywhere, ..."
3. More Letters from Billy by Billy Gray, Author of A sunny subaltern (1917)
"To-night, or rather this morning, we laid away all that was mortal of Mac, the
tightwad. I suppose that sounds irreverent to you, but that's the only ..."
4. Pete Crowther: Salesman by Elmer Ellsworth Ferris (1913)
"You see, every purchaser has got two sides to him — a tightwad side and a classy
... A good salesman will recognize the tightwad side and make a stab at it, ..."
5. How to Get Ahead: Saving Money and Making it Work by Albert William Atwood (1917)
"YOU know whether your qualities are those of the "tightwad" and "piker. ...
"Rather than be looked upon as tightwad," Says a writer in The Silent Partner, ..."
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