HyperDic: parsimonious

English > 1 sense of the word parsimonious:
ADJECTIVEallparsimonious, penuriousexcessively unwilling to spend
parsimonious > pronunciation
Soundspaa.rsahmow'niyahs
Rhymesabacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...
English > parsimonious: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningexcessively unwilling to spend.
Example"parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"
Synonympenurious
Broaderstingy, ungenerousUnwilling to spend
Spanishmiserable, roñoso
Catalanmiserable, ronyós
Nounsparsimony, parsimoniousnessextreme / extreme care in spending money
parsimony, parsimoniousnessextreme / extreme stinginess

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