Qualities
Synonyms for miserly
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
He left a miserly tip.
The true synonym
mean
Same sentence, swapped: He left a mean tip.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for miserly as it is used in the sentence above.
- voracious
- unsatisfied
- ravenous
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