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thriftiness

NOUN

economy

Synonyms

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion frugality husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence recession reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance generosity imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

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Consumer companies are counting on consumers’ thriftiness to go away eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Pieced-together bedding has demonstrated thriftiness, whether for contemporary Japanese householders enveloping futons in plaid fragments, or Gilded Age wives making coverlets out of golden silk ribbons from their husbands’ cigar packages.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Events will include craft demonstrations, re-enactments and some will even highlight the Viking's thriftiness, Mr Henry said.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023

Chicken's popularity can in large part be traced to its thriftiness.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2022

Yerbury showed various signs of a new thriftiness.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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