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synonyms for parsimonious

  • avaricious
  • chintzy
  • close
  • frugal
  • greedy
  • illiberal
  • mean
  • miserly
  • penurious
  • prudent
  • saving
  • scrimpy
  • selfish
  • skinflint
  • sparing
  • stingy
  • tight
  • tightfisted
  • tightwad
See also synonyms for: parsimoniously / parsimoniousness
On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to parsimonious, such as: avaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, and illiberal.

antonyms for parsimonious

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  • generous
  • lavish
  • liberal
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How to use parsimonious in a sentence

Taken together, however, these traits result in an interpretation of these fossils that is far more parsimonious than any alternative hypothesis.
BREAKTHROUGH SHOWS HUMANS WERE ALREADY STANDING ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET 7 MILLION YEARS AGOJEAN-RENAUD BOISSERIESEPTEMBER 1, 2022SINGULARITY HUB 
Giving people money is “the most direct and parsimonious way to eliminate poverty,” Darrick Hamilton, the director of the institute and one of the authors of the plan, told Vox.
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To the authors of “Proximal Origins,” these similar viruses offered “strong” and “parsimonious” evidence for natural emergence.
THEY CALLED IT A CONSPIRACY THEORY. BUT ALINA CHAN TWEETED LIFE INTO THE IDEA THAT THE VIRUS CAME FROM A LAB.ANTONIO REGALADOJUNE 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
A miser having heard of another still more parsimonious than himself, waited on him to gain instruction.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
There is no good reason why any town in Massachusetts should be negligent or parsimonious in these particulars.
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND INSTITUTIONSGEORGE S. BOUTWELL
Worldly fame has been parsimonious of her favor to the memory of those generous companions.
ORATIONSJOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Cadaverous, simply because he was too parsimonious to provide sufficient nourishing food to meet the demands of such a huge body.
THREE LITTLE WOMENGABRIELLE E. JACKSON
They know, I can tell you, and they despise parsimonious people who try to make their old things do forever.
AND SO THEY WERE MARRIEDFLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY
The public, to some extent, at once consider him who adverts to this topic, as parsimonious or mean.
VEGETABLE DIET: AS SANCTIONED BY MEDICAL MEN, AND BY EXPERIENCE IN ALL AGESWILLIAM ANDRUS ALCOTT
Whether the Yankee talked or kept silent, whether he was generous or parsimonious, he was always under suspicion.
THE OLD NORTHWESTFREDERIC AUSTIN OGG
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WORDS RELATED TO PARSIMONIOUS

  • chintzy
  • closefisted
  • illiberal
  • mean
  • mingy
  • miserly
  • narrow
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • penurious
  • skimpy
  • skinflint
  • tight
  • tight-fisted
  • ungenerous
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.