All lavish antonyms
lav·ish
L l adjective lavish
- scanty — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
- sparse — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- stingy — having a sting.
- thrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- wanting — lacking or absent: a motor with some of the parts wanting.
- scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- small — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
- spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- frugal — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
verb lavish
- economise — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- economize — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- starve — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.