| 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 |
| Notes: | economic means 'pertaining to the production and use of income' and economical is 'avoiding waste, being careful of resources' |
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: | 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
extravagant, spendthrift, uneconomical, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | wary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
Synonyms: |
alert, attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, distrustful, doubting, frugal, gingerly, guarded, handling with kid gloves, heedful, keeping on one's toes, leery, on guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, provident, prudent, safe, saving, sly, sparing, suspicious, thinking twice, thrifty, unwasteful, vigilant, walking on eggs, watchful, watching one's step, watching out, wide-awake |
Antonyms: |
careless, foolish, heedless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless |
| Main Entry: | Scotch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
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 |