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The synonyms of “Thrifty” are: careful, careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, sparing, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “thrifty” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abstemious | Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink- John Galsworthy. Abstemious with the use of adverbs. |
| canny | Having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters. She s a canny lass. |
| careful | Prudent in the use of something, especially money. Be careful to keep her shoes clean. |
| careful with money | Full of cares or anxiety-Luke 10.41. |
| economical | Using no more of something than is necessary. An economical shopper. |
| frugal | Simple and plain and costing little. A frugal lunch. |
| miserly | (of a quantity) pitiably small or inadequate. His miserly great uncle proved to be worth nearly 1 million. |
| parsimonious | Very unwilling to spend money or use resources. Even the parsimonious Joe paid for drinks all round. |
| penny-pinching | Giving or spending with reluctance. |
| provident | Careful in regard to your own interests. Wild squirrels are provident. |
| prudent | Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment. Prudent hesitation. |
| sparing | Moderate; economical. Sparing in their use of heat and light. |
| account | Keep an account of. I can t account for the missing money. |
| affordable | Inexpensive; reasonably priced. Affordable homes. |
| austerity | The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures. He was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism. |
| cheap | Embarrassingly stingy. Cheap shoddy goods. |
| cheaply | In a stingy manner. Cheaply priced designer furniture. |
| deliverance | The action of being rescued or set free. The low drawl he employed for such deliverances. |
| depositor | A person who keeps money in a bank or building society account. |
| economical | Using no more of something than is necessary. An economical meal. |
| frugal | Sparing or economical as regards money or food. I m a bit too frugal to splash out on designer clothes. |
| frugality | The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness. He scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity. |
| inexpensive | Relatively low in price or charging low prices. Inexpensive family restaurants. |
| meagerly | Deficient in amount or quality or extent. These voices are meagerly represented at the conference. |
| miser | A stingy hoarder of money and possessions often living miserably. A typical miser he hid his money in the house in various places. |
| parsimonious | Very unwilling to spend money or use resources. Parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses. |
| parsimony | Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. A great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony. |
| redemptive | Acting to save someone from error or evil. The healing power of redemptive love. |
| rescue | Denoting the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or road development. Rescue prisoners. |
| save | Save from sins. This move will save money. |
| saving | Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin. A surgeon s job is the saving of lives. |
| savings | A fund of money put by as a reserve. |
| schlock | Cheap or inferior goods or material; trash. Televisual schlock. |
| scrimp | Subsist on a meager allowance. I have scrimped and saved to give you a good education. |
| skimp | A fashionably short or revealing garment. She wore a yellow skimp. |
| sparing | Avoiding waste. Sparing in their use of heat and light. |
| sparingly | In a restricted or infrequent manner; in small quantities. The sharply flavoured leaves should be used sparingly. |
| stinginess | A lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money. |
| stint | Restrict (someone) in the amount of something, especially money, given or permitted. He doesn t stint on wining and dining. |
| thrift | Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. The values of thrift and self reliance. |
| thriftiness | Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources. |
| tightwad | A miserly person. He is a notorious tightwad. |
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