All frugal synonyms
fru·gal
F f adj frugal
- prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- thrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- canny — A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- stingy — having a sting.
- spartan — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- penny-pinching — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
- sparing — kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
- tightwad — a close-fisted or stingy person.
- wary — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
adjective frugal
- economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
- conserving — Present participle of conserve.