thrifty
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈθrɪfti/
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- Prides herself on being honest, resourceful, and thrifty.
- thrifty people
- thrifty and industrious
- thrifty gene
By the way, Jesse, what is your thrifty tip?
- By the way, Jesse, what is your thrifty tip?
- Another man who was Caesar's Leggett in the Gallic Wars, Servius Sylpicius Galba, was a thrifty man.
- But that does not look thrifty.
Examples
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Remember, thrifty thinkers are always under budget.
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Your parents were extremely thrifty, and with your mom's share of the inheritance, your dad's life insurance, there's more than enough for you and Rhett for the rest of your lives.
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I love how thrifty you are.
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The more reason to be thrifty with them.
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I had to be thrifty and creative to come up with ideas and outfits for the store.
Academic text (2012) -
They're thrifty with their drinking water.
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His mother had been a thrifty woman and a doer.
Fiction book (1997) -
The people who settled in North Earlscourt were thrifty and resourceful, but they also relied on various forms of credit.
Academic text (1991) -
Narrators described themselves and their immigrant parents as essentially morally upright, selfless, hard-working, thrifty, and responsible people.
Academic text (1995) -
She found thrifty ways to save money while renovating her home.
Synonyms
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1.0
Avoiding waste when spending money
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4.9
Careful about spending money and not wasting things
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3.8
Not using much money or resources and avoiding waste
1
7.5
Careful with small amounts of money but careless about larger costs
Careful with small amounts of money and everyday spending
Antonyms
How Thrifty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thrifty comes from the old word thrift, which once meant 'prosperity' or 'success'. Think of thrive, which means 'to grow and do well'; being thrifty was about saving so you could prosper, and today thrifty means 'careful with money or resources'.