The company decided to skimp on the quality of its products to boost the profit margin.
Source: tatoeba (1080715)
Skimp
Synonyms for "skimp" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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13 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
54 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- икономисвам verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- скъпя се verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
Czech
4 entries- odbýt verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
- odbývat verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
- odfláknout verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
- omezovat verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
Dutch
2 entries- beknibbelen verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- schimpen verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
Finnish
4 entries- nuukailla verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- nuukailla verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- pihdata verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- pihdata verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
French
1 entries- lésiner verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
German
4 entries- knapp halten verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- knausern verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- knausern verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- nachlässig erledigen verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
Italian
3 entries- lesinare verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- lesinare verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- sottovalutare verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
Māori
2 entries- matatoua verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- matatoua verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
Norwegian
3 entries- knipe verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- spinke verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- spinke verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
Russian
4 entries- скупиться verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- скупиться verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- халту́рить verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
- экономить verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
Spanish
4 entries- cicatear verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- escatimar verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- mezquinar verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
- pichicatear verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
Swedish
1 entries- snåla verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
Turkish
4 entries- az vermek verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- baştan savma yapmak verb (to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp)
- cimrilik etmek verb (to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp)
- cimrilik etmek verb (to save; to be parsimonious or stingy)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Make me a BLT sandwich. And don't skimp on the bacon!
Source: tatoeba (11033081)
He doesn't skimp on the expenses.
Source: tatoeba (11694779)
I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.