HOARDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hoarder" is a kind of...):

saver (someone who saves (especially money))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoarder"):

magpie; pack rat; scavenger (someone who collects things that have been discarded by others)

miser (a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably))

churl; niggard; scrooge; skinflint (a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend)

penny pincher (someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it))

Derivation:

hoard (save up as for future use)