| NOUN | attribute | parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching | extreme / extreme care in spending money |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | parsimony, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness | extreme / extreme stinginess |
| Sounds | paa'rsahmow.niy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
| Meaning | extreme / extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching | |
| Broader | frugality, frugalness | prudence in avoiding waste |
| Spanish | parquedad, parsimonia | |
| Catalan | garreperia, parsimònia | |
| Adjectives | parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend |
| Meaning | extreme / extreme stinginess. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness | |
| Narrower | miserliness | Total lack of generosity / generosity with money |
| pettiness, littleness, smallness | lack of generosity / generosity in trifling matters | |
| Broader | stinginess | A lack of generosity / generosity |
| Spanish | mezquindad | |
| Catalan | mesquinesa | |
| Adjectives | parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend |
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