Inclined to save; exercising economy or frugality in using or spending; niggard.

Thrifty, frugal, economical.

Given to husbanding one's resources; characterized by careful economy; frugal, thrifty, provident. Now rare.

Characteristic of or befitting a husbandman (cf. husband, n. 4); characteristic of good husbandry; frugal, thrifty, provident. Now rare.

Sparing, frugal.

Careful not to waste or part with, frugal, sparing (of).

with of: Particular or scrupulous about (anything); careful, chary, or sparing of. Obsolete.

Using or dealing with only a part of something, not the whole; sparing. Obsolete. rare.

Not lavish, liberal, or profuse, esp. in expenditure or living; frugal, niggardly, parsimonious; abstemious. Obsolete.

Of a person: characterized by or using parsimony; tight-fisted, mean. In early use also in positive sense: thrifty, frugal; (of a person's…

= sparing, adj. adv. in various senses.

Sparing, parsimonious, not liberal. Also in good sense: Chary, not lavish. Const. of. Obsolete.

Careful in expenditure, thrifty, provident.

Careful or sparing in the use of food, goods, etc.; economical. Const. of (? obsolete).

having a sparing hand.

Sparing of something.

Thrifty, careful, frugal.

Sparing, parsimonious, frugal; mean, grudging.

Mean, stingy, parsimonious; thrifty. Also: slight, scant.

Economical.

That stints.

British. Unwilling to part with money, parsimonious. Obsolete. rare.