Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:economical scotch sparing stinting
Examples:
- an economical meal
- an economical shopper
- a frugal farmer
- a frugal lunch
- a sparing father and a spending son
- sparing in their use of heat and light
- stinting in bestowing gifts
- thrifty because they remember the great Depression
- 'scotch' is used only informally
Antonyms:wasteful
Derivationally Related Form:frugalnesseconomyfrugality
Inherited Hypernyms:economical
Similar to:thrifty