NOUN | attribute | parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching | extreme / extreme care in spending money |
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attribute | parsimoniousness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness | extreme / extreme stinginess |
Meaning | extreme / extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. | |
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Synonyms | parsimony, 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. | |
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Synonyms | meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, 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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