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- [pahr-suh-moh-nee-uh s]
- /ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs/
- /ˌpɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/
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- [pahr-suh-moh-nee-uh s]
- /ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs/
Definitions of parsimonious word
- adjective parsimonious characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. 1
- adjective parsimonious stingy, mean 1
- adjective parsimonious Someone who is parsimonious is very unwilling to spend money. 0
- adjective parsimonious characterized by parsimony; miserly; close 0
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Origin of parsimonious
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; parsimon(y) + -ious
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Parts of speech for Parsimonious
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
parsimonious popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for parsimonious
adj parsimonious
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- costive — having constipation; constipated
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- greedy — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
noun parsimonious
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- miserliness — of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- economising — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- economizing — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
adjective parsimonious
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
- esurient — Hungry or greedy.
- junker — any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
- mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
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