parsimonious as an adjective: - 1
parsimonious
adjective
1 parsimonious
Excessively unwilling to spend:
— Parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses.
synonym: penurious.
Roget 817:
economical,
frugal,
careful,
thrifty,
saving,
chary,
spare,
sparing;
parsimonious
etc.
819.
underpaid.
Roget 819:
parsimonious,
penurious,
stingy,
miserly,
mean,
shabby,
peddling,
scrubby,
penny wise,
near,
niggardly,
close;
fast handed,
close handed,
strait handed;
close fisted,
hard fisted,
tight fisted;
tight,
sparing;
chary;
grudging,
griping
etc.
v.;
illiberal,
ungenerous,
churlish,
hidebound,
sordid,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous,
usurious,
avaricious,
greedy,
extortionate,
rapacious.
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