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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative with resources; careful |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, on the rims, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving |
| Notes: | economic means 'pertaining to the production and use of income' and economical is 'avoiding waste, being careful of resources' |
| Antonyms: | careless, expensive, uncareful, uneconomical, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | Scotch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, on the rims, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight*, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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