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saving

saving

3.7
Careful about spending money and avoiding waste
  • adjective
  • /ˈseɪvɪŋ/
translation icon : ahorrador
  • He has developed a saving habit by cooking meals at home instead of dining out.

Examples

  • She always uses saving strategies when shopping to stay within her budget.

  • However, time saving tips, you asked for time saving tips in shop layout.

  • And my pick is money saving Experts Credit club.

  • So I find I'm kind of constantly energy saving mode for small little things.

  • So this is part of the power saving approach that AMD's taken with Polaris.

  • Investing in energy-efficient appliances is a saving choice for both the environment and household expenses.

Synonyms

frugal
vssaving
31 4.9

Careful about spending money and not wasting things

is broader covering careful resource use without requiring strict necessary-only choices
thrifty
vssaving
10 4.4

Being careful with money and things to avoid wasting them

is the general descriptive term for that careful behaviour

Antonyms

48 3.0

Using more money or things than you need

20 7.1

Spending much more money than is needed

Compounds

11 3.0

Setting clocks forward one hour during some months to have more daylight in the evening

saving grace
  • Informal
7 4.4

A good quality that makes someone or something acceptable despite faults

1 6.0

An action to help someone avoid embarrassment

People turn clocks forward one hour in summer to make evenings lighter

A bulb that uses less electricity than old bulbs, for example LED bulbs

saving grace
  • Formal
1 8.5

A gift from God that makes a person holy and helps them be saved

1 3.3

Less time needed to finish a task or something that makes a task take less time

A light bulb that uses less electricity, like an LED or a compact fluorescent

How Thrifty

miserly
3 7.9
thrifty
10 4.4
saving
3.7
wasteful
48 3.0

Surface Forms

saving positive

Morphology

saving = save (transparent) = save + ing

The adjective is a participial adjective from 'save' (save + -ing) describing a person who habitually saves or is thrifty; the relation to the verb is direct.

Etymology

Saving comes from the Latin salvare, 'to save', and links to the idea of keeping things 'safe' and in good order. That's why a saving person is careful with money or resources and avoids waste.