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be thrifty

VERB

save

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collect conserve keep maintain manage spare store

STRONG

amass cache deposit gather hoard hold reserve retrench scrimp skimp squirrel stash stockpile treasure

WEAK

be frugal cut corners feather nest hide away lay aside lay away make ends meet pile up pinch pennies put by roll back salt away save for rainy day sock away stow away tighten belt

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disperse give ignore neglect squander use waste

STRONG

distribute divide let go scatter spend

WEAK

endanger harm hurt leave open make vulnerable throw away

Example Sentences

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Two cost of living fairs in a county aimed to lift "the taboo of wanting to save money and to be thrifty", said their organiser.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Parents have reason to be thrifty this year.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2022

They also portrayed him as a libertarian who dislikes government regulation and who can be thrifty to a fault.

From The New Yorker • May 7, 2019

By 1935, even the chairman of something called the National Thrift Committee admitted there was “no use talking thrift to persons who had nothing to be thrifty with.”

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2015

Its former sea trade after the Spanish invasion was never recovered, and its population, which was beginning to be thrifty and prosperous up to 1914, has now entirely disappeared.

From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton

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