parsimony

Noun

Meaning

Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

closeness economy meanness frugality thrift tightness covetousness niggardliness illiberality niggardness stinginess penny-pinching parsimoniousness minginess tightfistedness
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Antonyms

highlife abuse abundance dissolution luxury expenditure
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Hypernyms

frugality frugalness stinginess

Hyponyms

pettiness smallness littleness miserliness

Phrases with the word

view of parsimony

Examples

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty. Livy

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. Edmund Burke

Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment. Edmund Burke

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. Theodor Adorno

O immortal gods! Men do not realize how great a revenue parsimony can be! Cicero

A bequest, a found treasure, and parsimony make a man wealthy. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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