frugal

Speech parts

1. frugal - Noun

2. frugal - Adjective

3. frugal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.

Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

economical scotch thrifty cheap sparing stinting spartan provident prudential savin economic mean efficient moderate careful
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Antonyms

prodigal lavish extravagant spendthrift cavalier ritz
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Phrases with the word

be frugal be frugal with more frugal frugal meal less frugal frugal lunch

Examples

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else. Nikos Kazantzakis

A wise and frugal Government, which shall retrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson

For it is true now, as it always was and always will be, that to be free is the same thing as to be pious, to be wise, to be temperate and just, to be frugal and abstinent, and to be magnanimous and brave; and to be the opposite of all these is the same as to be a slave. Albert Pike

Though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind. William Cowper

Prudent men choose frugal wives. German Proverb

Be frugal in prosperity, fear not in adversity. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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