Kamtsan (קמצן) means cheap in Hebrew.
It can also mean stingy and miser. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
cheap, stingy, miser
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kamtsan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שקשה לו הוציא ממון, שממעט בנתינה משלו לאחרים ולעיתים אף למען עצמו
The word Kamtsan is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- קַמְצָן
- Written without vowel points
- קמצן
- Said
- kamtsan
- Root
- ק־מ־צ
- Pattern
- קַטְלָן
- Plural
- קַמְצָנִים
- Feminine form
- קַמְצָנִית
- Inflections
- נ' קַמְצָנִית, ר' קַמְצָנִים
- Gematria
- 280
This is how Kamtsan is said in other languages.
- English
- cheap, stingy, miser
These words mean nearly the same as Kamtsan.
These words mean the opposite of Kamtsan.
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These words rhyme with Kamtsan.
The word Kamtsan comes from the root ק־מ־צ, like these words.
These words come before and after Kamtsan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kamtsan.
What does Kamtsan (קמצן) mean in Hebrew?
Kamtsan (קמצן) means cheap, stingy, and miser. It is said kamtsan, with the stress on tsan.
What is a synonym for Kamtsan (קמצן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kamtsan (קמצן) are כילי and צייקן.
What is the opposite of Kamtsan (קמצן)?
Words that mean the opposite of Kamtsan (קמצן) are פזרן, נדיב, נדבן, and שוע.
What rhymes with Kamtsan (קמצן)?
Words that rhyme with Kamtsan (קמצן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry קמצן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.