Scrimp

//skɹɪmp//

Synonyms for "scrimp" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Verb(3 words)

skimp ;contract

abstemious ascetic austere begrudge dwarfed economize enforce economies exiguous famish

Noun(4 words)

carl cheap charlie cheapskate churl

Strong matches (24)

frugal grudge husband impoverished jejune keep within compass lean lenten limited live upon nothing make ends meet manage meager mean miserly narrow niggardly paltry parsimonious pinch

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pinch pennies

Adjective(1 words)

low

Noun(2 words)

miser niggard

Related words (40)

poor puny put something aside save save up scamp scant scanty scrape scrape and save scratch scrawny screw scrimpy skimp skimpy slender slight slim small

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spare sparing sparse spartan starvation starve stingy stint stinted straitened stunted subsistence thin watery

Verb(4 words)

scant scrape by shorten stint

Noun(1 words)

scrooge

Adjective(1 words)

short

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

1 entries

save

derived

3 entries

scrimp and save scrimp together scrimper

manner of

1 entries

save

related to

11 entries

allowance curtailed frugal limit miser niggard scanty scrimp and save scrimper short small

Translations

5 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

скъпя се verb (to be frugal)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

过度缩减 verb (to be frugal)

Māori

1 entries

matatoua verb (to be frugal)

Polish

2 entries

ciułać verb (to be frugal)
uciułać verb (to be frugal)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The group had to scrimp, connive, and hustle in order to get by.

Source: tatoeba (8289441)

Don't scrimp on your health.

Source: tatoeba (8872092)

to scrimp the pattern of a coat

Source: wiktionary

The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective.

Source: wiktionary

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