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scrimping

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrimping

careful in the management of money or resources

a scrimping homemaker

Synonyms of scrimping

economical, economizing, frugal, provident, sparing, thrifty

Words Related to scrimping

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 of scrimping

improvident, shortsighted

bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing

extravagant, indulgent, lavish

Antonyms of scrimping

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

scrimping

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrimping

careful management of material resources

she had grown tired of scrimping and was glad to finally have a job with a decent paycheck

Synonyms of scrimping

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

Words Related to scrimping

conservation, saving

miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess

belt-tightening, retrenchment

discretion, forehandedness, prudence

austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Near Antonyms of scrimping

extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering

Antonyms of scrimping

diseconomy, wastefulness

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