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Definitions for Frugal

[1] economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks.
[2] entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.
[3] practising economy; living without waste; thrifty
[4] not costly; meagre

Words related to Frugal

prudent, meticulous, thrifty, canny, careful, stingy, spartan, abstemious, chary, discreet, meager, parsimonious, penny-pinching, provident, saving, sparing, tight, tightwad, wary, mingy

Words nearby Frugal

fructosemia, fructoside, fructosuria, fructuous, frug, frugal, frugality, frugivore, frugivorous, fruit, fruit bat

Origin of Frugal

1590–1600; < Latin frūgālis economical, equivalent to frūg- (stem of frūx produce, fruit) + -ālis -al1

Other words from Frugal

fru·gal·i·ty , fru·gal·ness , noun
fru·gal·ly , adverb
non·fru·gal , adjective
non·fru·gal·ly , adverb
non·fru·gal·ness , noun
o·ver·fru·gal , adjective
o·ver·fru·gal·ly , adverb
un·fru·gal , adjective
un·fru·gal·ly , adverb
un·fru·gal·ness , noun

Word origin for Frugal

C16: from Latin frūgālis , from frūgī useful, temperate, from frux fruit

Synonyms for Frugal

canny, careful, meticulous, prudent, stingy, thrifty, abstemious, chary, conserving, discreet, meager, mingy, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, preserving, provident, saving, scrimping, sparing, spartan, tight, tightwad, unwasteful, wary