Entry Word: parsimony

Function: noun

Meaning: the quality of being overly sparing with money <her parsimony was so extreme that sheʼd walk five miles to the store to save a few cents on gas>

Synonyms cheapness, closeness, miserliness, penuriousness, pinching, stinginess, tightness

Related Words conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift; conservation, saving; husbanding, managing

Near Antonyms extravagance, lavishness; dissipation, improvidence, prodigality, squandering, wastefulness

Antonyms generosity, liberality, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy