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tightfisted

How many syllables in tightfisted?

  3 syllables

Divide tightfisted into syllables:   tight-fist-ed
How to pronounce tightfisted:   tahyt-fis-tid
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Synonyms for tightfisted


1 syllable
  • cheap
    2 syllables
    • chintzy
    • stingy
    • sparing
    3 syllables
    • miserly
    • ungainly
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
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      What rhymes with tightfisted

      2 syllables
      • fisted
      • twisted
      • listed
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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