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[ pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs ] / ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. Origin of parsimoniousFirst recorded in 1590–1600; parsimon(y) + -ious SYNONYMS FOR parsimonioustight, close, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR parsimoniousgenerous. SEE ANTONYMS FOR parsimonious ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for parsimoniousSee stingy1. OTHER WORDS FROM parsimoniouspar·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverbpar·si·mo·ni·ous·ness, nounun·par·si·mo·ni·ous, adjectiveun·par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverbWords nearby parsimoniousParseeism, parser, pars granulosa, Parsha, Parsifal, parsimonious, parsimony, pars intermedia, parsley, parsley family, parsley fern Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for parsimoniousIt promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies. Male Birth Control, Without Condoms, Will Be Here by 2017|Samantha Allen|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The U.S. will never be as parsimonious with energy as a Scandinavian country. America Is Not Doomed|Daniel Gross|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST I bear some responsibility for moving the party of the parsimonious and prudent use of force to “all war all the time.” The New GOP Warmongers|Matt Latimer|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST So soon did the cruel and parsimonious father renew the current of supplies, after stopping it in a season of fierce anger. The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
Mrs. Robinson was a good manager of the moderate means her husband had left her, but she was not parsimonious or inhospitable. The old days of parsimonious living and respect for one's betters were gone forever. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom|Hendrik Willem van Loon They are still curious in their editions, and are not parsimonious in their price for what they call an uncastrated copy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli But all American observers are not so parsimonious with regard to post-glacial time. Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie
Words related to parsimoniousavaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, selfish, skinflint, sparing, stingy, tight, tightfisted, tightwad, scrimpy |