frugal

frugal

adjective

Definition of FRUGAL

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, foresightful, prudent; penny-wise; cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, spare, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted

Near Antonyms improvident, shortsighted; bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing; extravagant, indulgent, lavish

Antonyms prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful