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- pronunciation:
- par
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mo
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
excessively frugal; stingy.
My father was as parsimonious with his praise as he was with his pennies.- synonyms:
- close-fisted, miserly, penny-pinching, scrimping, stingy, tight, tightfisted
- antonyms:
- prodigal
- similar words:
- cheap, economical, frugal, niggardly, penurious, prudent, skimpy, sparing, stinting, thrifty, ungenerous
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| related words: |
abstemious, churlish, tight |
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| derivations: |
parsimoniously (adv.), parsimoniousness (n.) |
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