Definition of frugal

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Frugal (n.) Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time..

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Economical :: Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Laconize :: Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity..
Spare :: Spare (a.) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty..
Husbandly :: Husbandly (a.) Frugal; thrifty.
Sparing :: Sparing (a.) Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
Manager :: Manager (n.) A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist.
Parsimony :: Parsimony (n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
Prodigal :: Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..
Frugalness :: Frugalness (n.) Quality of being frugal; frugality.
Frugality :: Frugality (n.) The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance..
Frugalities :: Frugalities (pl. ) of Frugalit.
Prudence :: Prudence (n.) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality..
Spare :: Spare (a.) To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with..
Economize :: Economize (v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich..
Spare :: Spare (n.) Parsimony; frugal use.
Thrift :: Thrift (n.) A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time..
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet..
Frugality :: Frugality (n.) A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise..
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