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- pronunciation:
- fru
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
very careful with spending so as to avoid waste.
In order to support her family on her small income, she had to be frugal.He's a frugal shopper and always compares prices at different stores.She is frugal with both her money and her time.- synonyms:
- economical, provident, scrimpy, sparing, thrifty
- antonyms:
- extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, wasteful
- similar words:
- abstemious, chary, parsimonious, prudent, skimpy, stinting, tight, tightfisted
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| definition 2: |
scanty in expense or quantity; meager.
It was a frugal meal, consisting mainly of bread and a few beans, but it took away their hunger.- synonyms:
- meager, scanty, scrimpy, skimpy, sparing, stingy
- antonyms:
- lavish
- similar words:
- measly, miserly, niggardly, paltry, pathetic, piddling, puny, spare
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| related words: |
ascetic, close-fisted, light, sparing, stringent |
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| derivations: |
frugally (adv.), frugality (n.), frugalness (n.) |
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