He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
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Thrifty
//ˈθɹɪfti//
Synonyms for "thrifty" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
Adjective(11 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φειδωλός adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qənaətcil adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- yığımcıl adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Belarusian
3 entries- ашча́дны adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- беражлі́вы adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- экано́мны adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Bulgarian
4 entries- буйно растящ adj (growing rapidly or vigorously)
- икономи́чен adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- пестели́в adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- процъфтяващ adj (thriving by industry and frugality)
Catalan
1 entries- estalviador adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 節儉 /节俭 adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- 節約 /节约 adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Czech
2 entries- spořivý adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- šetrný adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Danish
1 entries- sparsommelig adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Finnish
4 entries- hyvin hoidettu adj (secured by thrift; well husbanded)
- hyvinvoiva adj (well appearing)
- nopeakasvuinen adj (growing rapidly or vigorously)
- säästäväinen adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
French
1 entries- économe adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Galician
1 entries- aplicado adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
German
1 entries- sparsam adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Greek
2 entries- οικονόμος adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- φειδωλός adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Hungarian
1 entries- takarékos adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Irish
1 entries- tábhachtach adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Italian
1 entries- parsimonioso adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Japanese
1 entries- 倹しい adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Latin
2 entries- frūgālis adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- parcus adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Macedonian
1 entries- штедлив adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Māori
1 entries- whakamoamoa adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nøysom adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- sparsommelig adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Polish
1 entries- oszczędny adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Portuguese
3 entries- económico adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- econômico adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- parcimonioso adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Romanian
1 entries- econom adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Russian
4 entries- бережли́вый adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- процвета́ющий adj (thriving by industry and frugality)
- хозя́йственный adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- эконо́мный adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cùramach adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- dèanadach adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- štedljiv adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Slovak
2 entries- sporivý adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- šetrný adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Slovene
1 entries- varčen adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Spanish
2 entries- ahorrador adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- ahorrativo adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Swedish
1 entries- sparsam adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бережли́вий adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- еконо́мний adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- заоща́дливий adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
- оща́дливий adj (given to, or evincing, thrift)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
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Tom is thrifty.
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Tom is very thrifty.
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