She was so parsimonious; she only bought vegetables if they were on sale.
Source: tatoeba (9955017)
Parsimonious
//pɑɹ.sɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs//
Synonyms for "parsimonious" (131 found)
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Adjective(21 words)
pennywisepenuriousprudentscrooge-likescrubbyshabbysnippysparefulsparingsparystill got one's communion moneystingyswearthriftytighttight as a ticktight-fistedtighter than dick's hatbandtightwadungenerous
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φειδωλός adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Catalan
1 entries- parsimoniós adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 小氣 /小气 adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Czech
4 entries- lakomý adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- skoupý adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- skrblivý adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- spořivý adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Dutch
2 entries- gierig adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- zuinig adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Estonian
4 entries- kokkuhoidlik adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- majanduslik adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- säästlik adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- säästlik adj (using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures)
Finnish
2 entries- kitsas adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- pihi adj (exhibiting parsimony)
French
3 entries- avare adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- parcimonieux adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- pincé adj (exhibiting parsimony)
German
3 entries- geizig adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- karg adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- sparsam adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Greek
2 entries- οικονόμος adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- φειδωλός adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Irish
1 entries- sprionlaithe adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Italian
1 entries- parsimonioso adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Māori
3 entries- kukumomo adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- moānanga adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- tūmatarau adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Norwegian
4 entries- beskjeden adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- gnien adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- sparsom adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- økonomisk adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Persian
1 entries- خسیس adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Portuguese
2 entries- parcimonioso adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- parco adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Russian
4 entries- бережли́вый adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- жа́дный adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- ска́редный adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- скупо́й adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Spanish
2 entries- parsimonioso adj (exhibiting parsimony)
- parsimonioso adj (using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bủn xỉn adj (exhibiting parsimony)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The massive donation meant that the foundation no longer needed to be so parsimonious with salaries.
Source: tatoeba (9969674)
The waitress' service was so good, that even the parsimonious scrooge felt the need to leave a generous tip.
Source: tatoeba (12862524)
He's a parsimonious soul, always looking to find a good deal.
Source: tatoeba (12862526)
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