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frugal
fru·gal F0343900 (fro͞o′gəl)adj.1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.2. Simple or costing little; meager or inexpensive: a frugal lunch.
[Latin frūgālis, virtuous, thrifty, from frūx, frūg-, fruit, virtue.]
fru·gal′i·ty (fro͞o-găl′ĭ-tē), fru′gal·ness n.fru′gal·ly adv.frugal (ˈfruːɡəl) adj1. practising economy; living without waste; thrifty2. not costly; meagre[C16: from Latin frūgālis, from frūgī useful, temperate, from frux fruit] fruˈgality, ˈfrugalness n ˈfrugally advfru•gal (ˈfru gəl)
adj. 1. economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful. 2. entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager. [1590–1600; < Latin frūgālis economical] fru•gal′i•ty, n. fru′gal•ly, adv. syn: See economical. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | frugal - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"sparing, stinting, scotch, economicalcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechthrifty - careful and diligent in the use of resources |
frugaladjective1. thrifty, sparing, careful, prudent, provident, parsimonious, abstemious, penny-wise, saving, cheeseparing She lives a frugal life.
thrifty excessive, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, imprudent2. meagre, economical, niggardly Her diet was frugal.frugaladjectiveCareful in the use of material resources:canny, chary, economical, provident, prudent, saving, Scotch, sparing, thrifty.Translationsfrugal
Synonyms for frugaladj thriftySynonyms- thrifty
- sparing
- careful
- prudent
- provident
- parsimonious
- abstemious
- penny-wise
- saving
- cheeseparing
Antonyms- excessive
- lavish
- luxurious
- extravagant
- wasteful
- prodigal
- profligate
- spendthrift
- imprudent
adj meagreSynonyms- meagre
- economical
- niggardly
Synonyms for frugaladj careful in the use of material resourcesSynonyms- canny
- chary
- economical
- provident
- prudent
- saving
- Scotch
- sparing
- thrifty
Synonyms for frugaladj avoiding wasteSynonyms- sparing
- stinting
- scotch
- economical
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