Entry Word: frugal

Function: adjective

Meaning: careful in the management of money or resources <by being frugal, the family is able to stretch its monthly budget>

Synonyms economical, economizing, provident, scrimping, sparing, thrifty

Related Words conserving, preserving, saving; forehanded, foresighted, prudent; penny-wise; cheap, close, closefisted, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted

Near Antonyms improvident, shortsighted; freehanded, generous, liberal, openhanded, unsparing; extravagant, indulgent, lavish

Antonyms prodigal, wasteful