Thrifty

Quick meaning: Thrifty is an adjective meaning Showing thrift; economical; frugal.

Meaning

Showing thrift; economical; frugal.

More Meanings

1. (dated) Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.
2. (obsolete) Preserved by thrift; carefully managed.

Example Sentences

Cut a small branch of oleander from a thrifty plant, place it in a vial partly filled with rain water,.

But, Gentlemen, the gallant Admiral has told you he has two loves; and he seems to have made a prudent choice, and been a very thrifty wooer.

the lands on this road are of an excellent quality, and in many places light timbered, in others covered with thrifty oak, black walnut, sugar maple, beach and linden.

Nor less disastrous, should his thrifty urn / Neglected leave the once well-water'd land, / To dreary wastes yon paradise would turn, / Polluted ooze, or heaps of barren sand.

Word Forms

• thriftier
• thriftiest

Synonyms for thrifty

Depending on context, synonyms include abstemious, canny, chary, moderate, cheap, economic.

Antonyms for thrifty

Common opposites include spendthrift, thriftless, wasteful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sparing, economical, frugal, penny-wise, stinting, saving.

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