Germans are a frugal people.
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Frugal
//ˈfɹuːɡəl//
Synonyms for "frugal" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
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Related words (67)
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4 entriesRelated terms
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1 entriesderived
10 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 42 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qənaətcil adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- yığımcıl adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Belarusian
1 entries- ашчадны adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Bulgarian
2 entries- икономичен adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- пестелив adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Catalan
1 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 節儉 /节俭 adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Czech
2 entries- skromný adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- spořivý adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Danish
3 entries- mådeholden adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- nøjsom adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- sparsommelig adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Dutch
3 entries- frugaal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- spaarzaam adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- zuinig adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝparema adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Finnish
2 entries- nuuka adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- säästäväinen adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
French
1 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Galician
1 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Georgian
1 entries- მომჭირნე adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
German
3 entries- genügsam adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- schlicht adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- sparsam adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Greek
3 entries- λιτός adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- οικονόμος adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- φειδωλός adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Hebrew
1 entries- חסכנות adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Hungarian
2 entries- beosztó adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- takarékos adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Ido
1 entries- frugala adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Irish
1 entries- spárálach adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Italian
1 entries- frugale adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Japanese
3 entries- 倹しい adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- 倹約な adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- 質素な adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Latin
2 entries- frūgālis adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- parcus adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Macedonian
1 entries- штедлив adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Norman
1 entries- mênagi adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- destgirtî adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- tima adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Norwegian
2 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- måteholden adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nøysom adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- sparsommelig adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Old English
1 entries- spærhende adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Persian
2 entries- اقتصادی adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- صرفهجو adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Polish
1 entries- oszczędny adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Portuguese
1 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਮਖਰਚ adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Romanian
1 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Russian
1 entries- бережли́вый adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- štedljiv adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Slovak
3 entries- skromný adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- sporovlivý adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- úsporný adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Spanish
1 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Swedish
3 entries- frugal adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- sparsam adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- återhållsam adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Turkish
1 entries- tutumlu adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бережли́вий adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- еконо́мний adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- заоща́дливий adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- оща́дливий adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tằn tiện adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Welsh
2 entries- cynnil adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
- darbodus adj (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It is all very well to be frugal; but he goes too far.
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Though he is fairly well off, he is frugal; he takes after his father in that respect.
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He is very frugal, not to say stingy.
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