5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Niggard \Nig"gard\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd), n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: niggard n : a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: {skinflint}, {scrooge}, {churl}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 27 Moby Thesaurus words for "niggard": Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny-pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, shabby, skinflint, sordid, stiff, tight, tightwad
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