economize

Verb

Meaning

To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.

To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

husband save conserve economise cut budget preserve saved manage saving spare conserved economist stint pinch
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Antonyms

blue damage lose waste spend blow
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Hypernyms

drop save preserve spend expend

Hyponyms

retrench tighten one's belt

Related terms

economic economy economics economically economist

Phrases with the word

economize on

Derivatives

economized economizing

Examples

Truth is such a precious article let us all economize in its use. Mark Twain

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. Howard H. Aiken

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. Franklin D. Roosevelt

he who will not economize will have to agonize. Confucius

Economize expenditure. Kashmir Proverb

Economize now or suffer want later. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

economistic Economite economization economize on economizer economocracy