Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.
- adj. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Economical in use or expenditure; avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; sparing; not prodigal or lavish.
- Characterized by or indicating economy.
- Synonyms Choice, careful, chary, thrifty.
Wiktionary
- adj. Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving.
- adj. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. avoiding waste
Etymologies
- From Latin frugalis "virtuous, thrifty" (Wiktionary)
- Latin frūgālis, virtuous, thrifty, from frūx, frūg-, fruit, virtue. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Pent-up demand, as well as what I call frugal fatigue are starting to kick in.”
“Just keep in mind that being frugal is not a bad thing, but being cheap is not so attractive.”
“The point you make about being frugal is one of the most amazing things Buffett has stuck to.”
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“Another answer when pressured to not be frugal is to say we choose to spend our money on different things and blank is just not a priority for us.”
“Matt found this recipe on one of his money blogs its called a frugal recipe, Get Rich Slowly & requested it for a dinner this week.”
“Type in "frugal homemaking" and find ways to avoid shelling out money.”
“Your best friend Dick Meriwell's employed by the F.B.I. Lady, lady, make you phone calls frugal -”
“It also highlighted that Steele fired Jay Banning, "someone known as a frugal and meticulous bookkeeper," and replaced him with a pal.”
“Lets face it, the Republicans lost the word frugal a long long time back.”
“The main way to be frugal is the do things the old way:) Such as, cooking from scratch, baking bread, making household cleaners, sewing etc.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘frugal’.
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1100
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GRE 2014
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7thGradeWords
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Russian Doll Words
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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hogwarts, dobby, wand, Ollivanders, nerds, frugal, voldemort, death, cloak, stone, ressurection, stone' and 2 more...
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words-for-apocalipstick
all your words are belong to me.
sybaritic, cacography, scatterbrain, extravaganza, fenestra, kaleidophone, machination, mudpuppy, saturnalia, Bacchanalia, ersatz, fictile and 58 more...
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general search words
words when I found them in the articles
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September Words-10031
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
pseudonym, Cacophony, Cannabis, Bogus, Soulless, via, celestial, Liquor, dwarf, Wretched, Gemini, quartz and 53 more...
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List 2(starting at 260)
mammoth, overt, valor, aspire, relegate, bias, incisive, scurry, precipitate, singular, inveigh, repulse and 48 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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DAY4_01/07/2013
miserly, frugal, prevaricate, variance, histrionic, demur, demure, beatific, perfunctory, preemptive, peremptory, indigent and 16 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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My List
frugal, vicissitude, scatter, fiduciary, calf, mesmerize, eke, unkempt, callousness, heist, fumble, flinty and 31 more...
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Vocab_TC60Q_txtbook
most vocab in the textbook Page till end chapter 2.
moribund, unflagging, defunct, sated, inveigling, opining, needling, fulminating, lauding, vassals, serfs, minions and 86 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1827 more...
Tweets
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Carla Cruz It means thrifty. My grandma uses this word all the time, even though many people don't know what it means. Sep 30, 2010