| Main Entry: | thrifty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
Synonyms: |
canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy, close*, close-fisted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful |
| Notes: | frugal refers more directly to practicing economy in the course of shopping for goods or services, whereas thrifty applies more to the preservation of funds |
Antonyms: |
extravagant, spendthrift, uneconomical, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | chary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
Synonyms: |
cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, constrained, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful |
Antonyms: |
careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, uncareful, willing |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned with saving money |
Synonyms: |
mean, mingy, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy, thrifty, tight*, tight-wad |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Main Entry: | economical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative with resources; careful |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, on the rims, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving |
Antonyms: |
careless, expensive, uncareful, uneconomical, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | frugal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
Synonyms: |
Spartan, abstemious, canny, careful, chary, conserving, discreet, meager, meticulous, mingy, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimping, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight, tightwad, unwasteful, wary |
Antonyms: |
generous, lavish, spendthrifty, uneconomical, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | inexpensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not high priced |
Synonyms: |
bargain, budget, buy, cheap, cost next to nothing, cut-rate, dime a dozen, dirt-cheap, economical, for a song, half-price, low, low-cost, low-priced, marked down, modest, nominal, popular, popularly priced, real buy, real steal, reasonable, reduced, steal, thrifty |
Antonyms: |
costly, dear, expensive, high-cost, high-priced |
| Main Entry: | penurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, cheap, chintzy, close-fisted, costive, curmudgeonly, economical, frugal, greedy, hoarding, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, pinchpenny, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | provident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, frugal |
Synonyms: |
canny, cautious, discreet, economical, expedient, far-sighted, foresighted, judicious, penny-pinching, politic, prepared, prudent, sagacious, saving, shrewd, sparing, thrifty, tight, unwasteful, vigilant, well-prepared, wise |
Antonyms: |
careless, improvident, spendthrift, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | prudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, sensible in action and thought |
Synonyms: |
advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, economical, far-sighted, frugal, hedging one's bets, judgmatic, judicious, leery, playing safe, politic, provident, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, sound, sparing, tactical, thinking twice, thrifty, vigilant, wary |
Antonyms: |
careless, imprudent, incautious, unwise |
| Main Entry: | sparing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, economical |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, canny, chary, close, cost-conscious, frugal, humane, mean, money-conscious, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, stewardly, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight-fisted, tolerant, ungiving, unwasteful, wary |
Antonyms: |
careless, lavish, spendthrift, uncareful |