PARSIMONY Synonyms

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

• giving or spending with reluctance

• of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth

• using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness

• avoiding waste

• avoiding waste

• an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

• approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

• characterized by malice

• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

• of no value or worth

• very good; of the highest quality

• mean or intend to express or convey

• have as a logical consequence

• denote or connote

• have in mind as a purpose

• have a specified degree of importance

• intend to refer to

• destine or designate for a certain purpose

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

• petty or reluctant in giving or spending

• avoiding waste

• unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)

• deficient in amount or quality or extent

• careful and diligent in the use of resources

• mindful of the future in spending money

• closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• of such close construction as to be impermeable

• firmly or closely

• in an attentive manner

• pulled or drawn tight

• set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

• pressed tightly together

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

• affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

• of textiles

• securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid

• (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

• very drunk

• exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

• packed closely together

• the system of production and distribution and consumption

• the efficient use of resources

• frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

• an act of economizing; reduction in cost

• prudence in avoiding waste

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

• extreme stinginess

• a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money

• a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

• the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

• the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

• extreme stinginess

• characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

• close or warm friendship

• the quality of being deliberately mean

• extreme stinginess

• extreme stinginess

• extreme stinginess

• extreme stinginess

• any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily