frugality
/fruːˈɡalɪti
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness: he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity...
- My frugality is still moderate by Scottish standards, though.
- His frugality and thrift were particularly notorious.
- Departing from his predecessor's frugality, he provided lavish games for the Romans to enjoy, and abolished the sales tax.
Synonyms
thriftiness, carefulness, scrimping and saving, conservation, good management;
caution, prudence, providence, canniness;
abstemiousness, abstinence, austerity, asceticism, self-discipline, restraint, moderation, puritanism, monasticism, monkishness;
miserliness, meanness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness
informal tight-fistedness, tightness, stinginess
rare sparingness