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scrimping
Synonyms and Antonyms of scrimping
careful in the management of money or resources a scrimping homemaker Synonyms economical, economizing, provident, frugal, sparing, thriftyRelated 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, tightfistedNear Antonyms improvident, shortsighted; bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing; extravagant, indulgent, lavishAntonyms prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful
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scrimping
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 frugality, husbandry, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, economy, skimping, thriftRelated Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperanceNear Antonyms extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squanderingAntonyms diseconomy, wastefulness
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