tirchio

Meaning

Adj

mean, stingy, miserly, tight-fisted

Noun

miser

Concepts

stingy

mean

miserly

closefisted

greedy

ungenerous

cheapskate

avaricious

niggard

parsimonious

cash-hungry

mingy

miser

miserable

moneygrubbing

narrow-minded

petty

piker

poor

skinflint

Synonyms

avaro

taccagno

spilorcio

gretto

miserabile

tignoso

avareggiare

economista

egoista

ingeneroso

meschino

meticoloso

micragnoso

petecchia

pezzente

piccino

pidocchioso

pitocco

poco generoso

ristretto

tirato

sparagnino

spilorcia

tirchia

spilorce

tirchie

avare

migragnoso

pedanet

avido

crudele

limitato

minuzioso

arpagone

Translations

avare

tacaño

geizig

avaro

mezquino

knauserig

avar

pingre

avariciós

radin

ladre

garrepa

gasiu

avarento

miserable

Hyphenated as

tìr‧chio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtir.kjo/

Etymology

#From older dialectal pirchio, perhaps related to tirare. Compare Sicilian pricchiu.
#From Ancient Greek θηριακός (thēriakós, “wild animal”).