Frugal

/ˈfɹuːɡəl/

Synonyms for "frugal" (189 found)

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Adjective(13 words)

economical austere austerer austerest budget-pricedbudgetary concernsconservative mindsetdrought-tolerantdutch woordeconomic arrangementeconomic bureaueconomic evaluationeconomic phenomenon

abstemious ascetic austere budget canny careful chary cheap cheeseparing conservational conservative conserving discreet dwarfed dwarfish easy economic

Adjective(5 words)

abstemious canny chary cheapclose with a buck

Noun(3 words)

budgetingconservative stanceeconomic sector

Strong matches (57)

Adjective(7 words)

economic statefiscal collectionfiscal planleanestminimalist lifestylemore conservativepennywise budgeting

economical economizing economy exiguous forehandedfrugal to excessimpoverished inexpensive jejunelabor savinglabor-saving lean lenten limited lowlow pricedlow-priced manageable meager mean

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measured meticulous miserly moderate modestmoney savingmoney-saving narrow negligible niggardly nominal overfrugal paltry parsimonious penny-pinching penny-wisepenny-wise and pound-foolish

Adjective(6 words)

economical husbandly huswifely moderate parsimonious penny-pinching

Noun(5 words)

economy relatedfiscal conservativeminimalistmost conservativepenny

Verb(2 words)

eked husbanded

Related words (94)

penurious piddling poor preserving provident prudent prudential puny reasonable restrained saving scamping scant scanty scotch scrawny scrimp scrimping scrimpy sensible

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shabby shoddy skimp skimping skimpy slender slight slim small sober spare sparing spartan starvation stingy stinted stinting straitened stunted subsistence temperate thin thrifty tight-fistedtime savingtime-saving tokentoo frugalunexpensive unnourishing unnutritious unwasteful wary watered waterywithin meansworth the money

Noun(6 words)

pinching retrenching squirrelingtax and spending policythe fewer the betterthe less the better

Adjective(20 words)

plain poor-resourcepractical skillsprudent resourceful scotchsimple livingsparingspartan architecturespartan citizenspartan designspartanlike stingiest stinting thriftier thriftiest thrifty tightfisted unadorneduncovered skin area

Adjective(7 words)

prudent spareful sparing spary thrifty tight tightwad

Verb(4 words)

save materialscraped scrimped skimped

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adjective descriptor quality

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6 entries

frugal budgetfrugal decorfrugal kitchenfrugal livingfrugal mealfrugal wardrobe

Collocations

6 entries

frugal consumerfrugal designfrugal habitsfrugal lifestylefrugal mealfrugal spending

Inflections

2 entries

more frugalmost frugal

Derivations

2 entries

frugality frugally

similar

1 entries

thrifty

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Germans are a frugal people.

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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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