frugal English

Meaning frugal meaning

What does frugal mean?

Definitions in simple English

frugal Adjective

— If you are frugal, you avoid spending more money than necessary. Lydia is skilled at being a frugal shopper.

frugal

— adjective (= economical, scotch, sparing, stinting) avoiding waste an economical meal an economical shopper a frugal farmer a frugal lunch a sparing father and a spending son sparing in their use of heat and light stinting in bestowing gifts thrifty because they remember the great Depression 'scotch' is used only informally

Synonyms frugal synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as frugal?

frugal English » English

thrifty

economical

stingy

sparing

economize

saving

temperate

spare

scrimp

save

parsimonious

miserly

mean

economic

prudent

niggardly

careful

stinting

simple

scotch

precise

modest

moderate

delicate

conserve

chary

use sparingly

unobtrusive

unassertive

trifling

tight

thrift

terse

tenuous

subtle

strict

small

skimp

short

sharp

self denying

scanty

retentive

recollective

rare

punctual

provident

penurious

on the nose

nice

Topics frugal topics

What do people use frugal to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled

• What words refer to controlling your desire to spend money?
  frugal frugality thrifty thrift

Work and occupation Finance Accumulate wealth

Frugal

• What words refer to not wanting to spend money?
  frugal thrifty careful with your money economical

Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Spend

• What words describe someone who does not spend a lot of money?
  thrifty economical frugal careful with your money

States Quantity Plural

Few, little

• What words refer to using or giving a little of something?
  dab (v) spoon out frugal parsimonious scrimp be sparing stingy stint

Examples frugal examples

How do I use frugal in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She is frugal, not to say stingy.

He is very frugal, but not stingy.

Tom is frugal.

We're very frugal.

Tom lived a very frugal lifestyle.

I'm frugal.

Tom is very frugal.

He's very frugal.

Movie subtitles

Sir, my wife is very frugal.

But I live on a very frugal budget.

Yes, a foreman isn't used to such frugal living.

That's a very frugal lunch you've got there.

Frugal. and mean.

How long do you give her to eat her frugal lunch?

A rather frugal target, I'm afraid. Any pickpocket's on a guess, Father.

Goodbye, and thank you very much for your frugal meal.

And we were frugal, good, disciplined and dignified.

Fred Frugal and his wife. Frita.

Frita Frugal.

You've been frugal enough with your information.

Frugal woman.

This is not the place to be frugal.

You must've been mighty frugal over the last six weeks since you been gone.

Oh, i can see i'm going to have to be the frugal one in our family.

So my wife is frugal.

Once there was good food at the Emperor's - now the tradition's dying, it's more and more frugal, and when I leave the palace, I'm still hungry.

Very frugal.

No, I mean parsimonious as in frugal.

The females are. honest, diligent and frugal.

A frugal lot, to be sure, but not stupid.

I loathe people who are frugal and greedy.

No matter how frugal our estimate, we need seven, including me.

Maybe it's my New England heritage, that I'm so frugal.

You should be more frugal!

I can raise money if we need it, but I want you to be frugal.

Frugal and mean.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW THE CHURCH VIEWS THE PRACTITIONERS OF THE MIND. I'M VERY FRUGAL.

When Rome was just a city and we were. just citizens, we're known to one another. And we were frugal, good, disciplined and dignified.

I'll open with a moment, be frugal with testimony.

Are you stupid or just too frugal?

News and current affairs

Yet his frugal lifestyle shows that he does not particularly enjoy spending large amounts of money.

Their society was meant to be puritanical, frugal, non-permissive, with laws against conspicuous consumption and luxuries.

Even so, isn't it generous of the Americans to make everyone else look so sober and frugal, if only for the moment?

Here are three rules for a frugal superpower.

In nineteenth-century Europe, the rich were expected to be frugal.

They also stressed the need to be bold, frugal, and highly driven to succeed, as well as the ability to adapt to changing market conditions.