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husbandry

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of husbandry

1 careful management of material resources

in accordance with his practice of good husbandry, he never buys anything on credit

Synonyms of husbandry

economy, frugality, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

Words Related to husbandry

conservation, saving

miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess

belt-tightening, retrenchment

discretion, forehandedness, prudence

austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Near Antonyms of husbandry

extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering

Antonyms of husbandry

diseconomy, wastefulness

2 the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock

a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations

Synonyms of husbandry

agriculture, farming

Words Related to husbandry

cultivation, culture, farmwork, gardening, horticulture, tillage

agribusiness, agroecology, agronomy

agroforestry, arboriculture, pomology

aquaculture (also aquiculture), hydroponics

animal husbandry, mixed farming, monoculture, pastoralism

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