frugal | Definition of frugal

Synonyms and Antonyms of frugal

careful in the management of money or resources

by being frugal, the family is able to stretch its monthly budget

Synonyms of frugal

economical, economizing, provident, scrimping, sparing, thrifty

Words Related to frugal

conserving, preserving, saving

forehanded, foresighted, foresightful, prudent

cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, spare, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted

Near Antonyms of frugal

improvident, shortsighted

bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing

extravagant, indulgent, lavish

Antonyms of frugal

prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful