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- [thrif-tee]
- /ˈθrɪf ti/
- /ˈθrɪf.ti/
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- [thrif-tee]
- /ˈθrɪf ti/
Definitions of thrifty word
- adjective thrifty practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper. 1
- adjective thrifty thriving, prosperous, or successful. 1
- adjective thrifty thriving physically; growing vigorously. 1
- adjective thrifty person: frugal 1
- adjective thrifty If you say that someone is thrifty, you are praising them for saving money, not buying unnecessary things, and not wasting things. 0
- adjective thrifty showing thrift; economical or frugal 0
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Origin of thrifty
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at thrift, -y1
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Parts of speech for Thrifty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thrifty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thrifty
adj thrifty
- chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
adjective thrifty
- conserving — Present participle of conserve.
- niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- wary — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
Antonyms for thrifty
adj thrifty
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- dissipative — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
adjective thrifty
- extravagant — Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- wanton — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
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