frugal
Adjective Satellite
- avoiding waste
- "a frugal farmer"
- "a frugal lunch"
Adj
- Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.
- Of something which is supplied or used (especially food): Obtained by or characterized by frugality.
Adjective
- Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
Examples
- A frugal Scrabble player saves high-scoring letters for bonus squares.
- frugal advice
- frugal breakfast
- frugal fortune; frugal fare
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”).
Synonyms
economical, scotch, sparing, stinting, abstemious, canny, chary, cheap, close with a buck, frugal, husbandly, huswifely, parsimonious, penny-pinching, prudent, spareful, spary, thrifty, tight, tightwad
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
frugal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfrugal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frugal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary