parsimonious
11parsimonious — [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)sɪmo͟ʊniəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) Someone who is parsimonious is very unwilling to spend money. [FORMAL] Syn: stingy …
12parsimonious — adjective Lou s parsimonious mother was horrified by his lavish spending Syn: cheap, miserly, mean, niggardly, close fisted, close, penny pinching, ungenerous, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, cheeseparing, tight, stingy, mingy; formal… …
13parsimonious — parsimony ► NOUN ▪ extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. DERIVATIVES parsimonious adjective. ORIGIN Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere be sparing …
14parsimonious — adjective excessively unwilling to spend parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses lived in a most penurious manner denying himself every indulgence • Syn: ↑penurious • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous …
15parsimonious — adjective Date: 1598 1. exhibiting or marked by parsimony; especially frugal to the point of stinginess 2. sparing, restrained Synonyms: see stingy • parsimoniously adverb …
16parsimonious — parsimoniously, adv. parsimoniousness, n. /pahr seuh moh nee euhs/, adj. characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. [1590 1600; PARSIMON(Y) + IOUS] Syn. tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious,… …
17parsimonious — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, dwarfed, dwarfish, economic, economizing, exiguous, forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, impoverished, jejune,… …
18parsimonious — par|si|mo|ni|ous [ˌpa:sıˈməuniəs US ˌpa:rsıˈmou ] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: parsimony (15 21 centuries), from Latin parsimonia, from parcere to be careful in spending ] extremely unwilling to spend money >parsimoniously adv… …
19parsimonious — par|si|mo|ni|ous [ ,parsə mouniəs ] adjective FORMAL not willing to give or spend money ╾ par|si|mo|ni|ous|ly adverb ╾ par|si|mo|ny [ parsə,mouni ] noun uncount …
20parsimonious — adj. stingy, miserly; frugal, economicalpar·si·mo·ni·ous || ‚pÉ‘rsɪ məʊnɪəs /‚pÉ‘Ës …
