Reverse Dictionary: MISER

ADJECTIVES
1542 ► NIGGISH niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious → obs.
1552 ► DRY miserly, stingy; reserved, uncommunicative → obs.
1587 ► HARD-HANDED miserly, parsimonious → obs.
1590 ► CURMUDGEONLY of the nature of a curmudgeon; miserly, niggardly, churlish
1590 ► PENURIOUS extremely stingy; miserly
1591 ► HAVING desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1604 ► DRY-FISTED niggardly, miserly, stingy → obs.
1616 ► NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous 
1626 ► GRIPPLE-MINDED of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition → obs.
1643 ► CLUTCH-FIST miserly
1653 ► NABALITIC  miserly, churlish → obs.
1659 ► NABALISTIC churlish; miserly → obs.
1693 ► SCRAPE-GOOD miserly, stingy, avaricious → obs.
1703 ► HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1719 ► GAIR → GARE eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly → Sc.
1748 ► CARKING miserly, niggardly → obs.
1773 ► NEAR-GAWN → NEAR-GOING niggardly, miserly → Sc.
1789 ► NEAR-BEGAUN niggardly, miserly → Sc.
1808 ► NIPPING miserly, niggardly, mean, hard-natured → Sc. obs.
1808 ► NIZZLIN greedy, niggardly, miserly, wasting time on trifles as a result of greed → Sc. 
1812 ► SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly
1819 ► NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly
1823 ► PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted → Sc.
1824 ► MISERTISH miserly, avaricious → Sc. 
1825 ► MISERD miserly, parsimonious → Sc. 
1826 ► IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean
1833 ► SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy
1851 ► SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky → Eng. dial.
1853 ► MISERABLE miserly, stingy; greedy, covetous → Eng. dial.  
1855 ► SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby → Eng. dial.
1861 ► NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; miserly; churlish; narrow-minded → chiefly Sc.
1892 ► NEETY miserly, stingy, niggardly → Sc. & Ireland
1892 ► NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly → Sc.
1899 ► CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious → Amer. dial.
1899 ► NIRPID miserly, stingy → Sc. 
1900 ► GYPISH miserly → Sc. (Bk.)
1901 ► SKINFLINTY niggardly, miserly
1902 ► CHINTZY miserly, stingy
1903 ► CHEAPSKATE miserly → US sl.
1903 ► MISDEEDED miserly, covetous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► MISERTLY miserly, avaricious → N. Ireland  (Bk.)
1904 ► RHINY miserly, close-fisted; too stingy to be clean → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HAIVERY miserly, greedy of money → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HARD-BACKED miserly, stingy, noted for driving hard bargains → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MEASLY mean, miserly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NEAR-BEGONE niggardly, miserly → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1905 ► NEAR-BEHADDIN niggardly, miserly → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► NEAR-FISTED niggardly, miserly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► NICKEL-NURSING miserly → US sl.
1930 ► CUBBIDGE → CUBBITCH miserly, stingy, tight-fisted → African-American
1940 ► CHINCY → CHINSY miserly, stingy → Amer. sl.
1943 ► SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1959 ► MINGY-MINDED mean, stingy, niggardly, miserly → colloq.
1963 ► CHINTZ miserly, stingy → Amer. sl.
1968 ► MEECHY greedy in money matters; miserly → Amer. dial.
1970 ► GRAFTY stingy, miserly → Amer. dial.

NOUNS
1386 ► CHINCHERY niggardliness, miserliness, avarice → obs.
1599 ► EUCLIONISM stinginess, miserliness → obs.
1798 ► MISERISM miserliness
1853 ► NABALISM miserliness, churlishness → obs.
1861 ► SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony
1867 ► MISERHOOD miserliness
1887 ► MISERDOM the habits and practices of a miser
1893 ► SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony

NOUNS, PERSON
1300 ► CHINCH a miserly or mean person; a stingy person
1303 ► MUCKERER one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard → obs.
1303 ► NIGON a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser → obs.
1400 ► LICKPENNY one who ‘licks up’ the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner → obs.
1400 ► MOKERAD → MOKERARD a miser; a deceiver → obs.
1412 ► PINCHPENNY a miser, a niggard, a skinflint; a covetous man → obs.
1440 ► MUGLARD a miser → obs.
1450 ► PYNEPENY a miser, a pinchpenny → obs.
..16C ► MUCKWORM a selfish wretch; a miser → colloq.
1508 ► NAGAS → NAGUS a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person; a miserly person → Sc.
1513 ► GATHERER one who gathers wealth, as opposed to ‘spender’ or ‘waster’; a miser → obs.
1513 ► WARNOUR a miser, a wretch, a niggard → Sc. obs.
1545 ► SNUDGE a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1549 ► PENNY-FATHER a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person → obs.
.M16 ► OLD HUDDLE a miser → sl.
.M16 ► OLD HUDDLE AND TWANG a miser → sl.
1566 ► NIPFARTHING a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person → obs.
1584 ► SCRAPE-PENNY one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard → obs.
1587 ► CURMUDGEON an avaricious churlish fellow; a miser, a niggard
1590 ► GIELANGER → GILAINGER a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser → Sc. obs.
1592 ► PINCH-FART a miserly or stingy person; a niggard → obs.
1594 ► EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person; a covetous, grasping person; a miser; a sordid wretch
1596 ► CORMULLION an avaricious churlish fellow; a curmudgeon; a miser, a niggard → obs.
1598 ► SHIT-STICKS a miser → sl. obs.
1599 ► CUM-TWANG term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser → obs.
..17C ► CLUTCH-FIST a miser, a niggard
..E17 ► VINEGAR PISSER a miser; a mean person → sl.
1602 ► HUNKS  a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man
1602 ► MORKIN-GNOFF a miser → obs.
1604 ► DRY-FIST a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person → obs.
1604 ► NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person
1606 ► CLUNCHFIST a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted → obs.
1606 ► SHARE-PENNY one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser → obs.
1611 ► SCRAPE-GOOD a miser, a niggard, a covetous person → obs.
1611 ► SILVER-HIDER a miser → obs.
1616 ► CUFF an old man; esp. a miserly old fellow → sl., contemptuous usage
1645 ► NABALITE a churlish or miserly person → obs.
1648 ► PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser
1650 ► MONEY-MISER one who hoards wealth, and spends as little money as possible; a skinflint, a miserly person → obs.
1652 ► CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard
1659 ► SHITE-STICKS a mean, miserly fellow → obs.
1700 ► HOG-GRUBBER a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard → obs.
1703 ► SNICKET a miser, a stingy, saving person → Eng. dial. obs.
1710 ► VOLPONE a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth → obs.
1740 ► BAGGER a miser; he who encloses in bags → obs.
1746 ► SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser → Eng. dial.
1781 ► HASPIN → HESPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man → Eng. dial.
1785 ► SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person
1786 ► WORLD’S WORM a miser; a niggardly person → Sc.
1790 ► SCRAPE-ALL a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser → obs.
1792 ► NABBLE a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser → Sc.
..19C ► CIMBICK a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard
..19C ► DRYSIDES a grasping, miserly fellow → Eng. dial.
..19C ► GLOBBER a miser → Eng. dial.
..19C ► GLUBBER a miser → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..19C ► SPLACK-NUCK a miser → Eng. dial.
1818 ► MONEY-CODGER a miser → obs.
1822 ► PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard
1825 ► GEAR-GATHERER a money-making man; a hoarder of wealth
1825 ► NIPCHEESE a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint
1828 ► NAGRE a niggardly or miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1842 ► HUNKSTER a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person; later, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser
1843 ► HALF-SIR a churl; a miser → Ireland
.M19 ► OLD FLINT a miser → sl.
1855 ► HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person
1857 ► KUMBIX a miser, a niggard → obs.
1860 ► GRIPE-PENNY a niggardly fellow, a miser → obs.
1862 ► HUGGER-MUGGER a person who keeps things hidden or in secret; a hoarder or miser
1865 ► MOOLY PENNY a nickname for a miser → Sc.
1872 ► MOKERERS misers → obs. (Bk.)
1873 ► MONEY-HUGGER a miser; a lover of money → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1873 ► YETHGRUB a slave to covetousness; a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1873 ► YETHMAWK a slave to covetousness; a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1873 ► YETHWORM a slave to covetousness; a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1881 ► SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person → Eng. dial.
1889 ► SPUNG a miser → sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► ANOINTER a miser, a skinflint → Eng. dial.
1892 ► DRY-HASH a miser; also, a loafer → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person → Sc.
1896 ► CHEAPSKATE a miserly person; a stingy person → US
1898 ► BITE a miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BITE-FIG a miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► MISERD a miser, a close-fisted, avaricious person → Sc. & Eng. dial. 
1899 ► CHEAP-SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain → Amer. dial.
1899 ► GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person → Amer. dial.
1899 ► SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain → Amer. dial.
1900 ► GNARL-BAND a miser, a person who would starve his body to fill his purse → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► KIKE a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics → Amer. dial., derogatory
1904 ► SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAPE-DAYTIONS a careful, miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAPE-DISH a careful, miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAPE-HARD a miser → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAPIE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAT a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow;  a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRAT-PENNY a greedy, miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCROACKER a miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HARD-FIST a miserly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MONEY-HUGGER a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► OAF a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► OLD FILE a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► OLD HUNX a dirty old man; a miser → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► NIRP a miser → Sc. 
1909 ► SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style → Amer. dial.
1910 ► NICKEL NURSER a miser → US sl.
1911 ► NABBLER a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser → Sc.
1911 ► SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters → Amer. dial.
1920 ► NICKEL SQUEEZER a mean, miserly person → US sl.
1920 ► PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person
1925 ► MOSS DOG a miser, a stingy fellow → sl.
1930 ► VIP a miser → Aust. sl.
1940 ► SCHLAPPER → SCHLEPPER → SHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing → sl., orig. US
1940 ► SCRAE → SKRAE → SKRAY a miser, a skinflint → Sc. 
1942 ► GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person → Amer. dial.
1945 ► BOG POCKET a tightwad, a miser → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► GIVER FROM FALL RIVER a miser → jive usage (Bk.)
1949 ► CHINCE a stingy or miserly person → Amer. sl.
1950 ► NAGUR → NAIGUR a niggardly or miserly person → Ireland (Bk.)
1951 ► PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person → Amer. dial.
1964 ► NICK-THE-BANE a miser, a niggard → Sc. 
1987 ► SCAB a stingy person; a miser → Aust. sl. 
1989 ► BEAR a grasping person; a miser → US sl.
1989 ► CHINTZ a stingy or miserly person → Amer. sl.
1997 ► CORBIE a miserly, grasping person → Irish sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1540 ► SNUDGE to be miserly, stingy, or saving → obs.
1579 ► MISE to be miserly → obs.
1848 ► HAVE THE HARD DROP IN ONE to be miserly or penurious → Ireland
..20C ► HAVE MOUSETRAPS IN ONE’S POCKETS to be miserly → Aust. sl.
1964 ► NIRP to withhold in a miserly fashion → Sc. 
1970 ► MIZE to act like a miser; to hoard money → Amer. dial.
1999 ► HAVE A DEATH ADDER IN ONE’S POCKET to be tight-fisted, miserly → Aust. sl. (Bk.)