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thriftiness

NOUN

economy

Synonyms

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion frugality husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence recession reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance generosity imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

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Despite thriftiness on essentials, these shoppers continue to spend on luxury items, wellness, and travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Pieced-together bedding has demonstrated thriftiness, whether for contemporary Japanese householders enveloping futons in plaid fragments, or Gilded Age wives making coverlets out of golden silk ribbons from their husbands’ cigar packages.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Events will include craft demonstrations, re-enactments and some will even highlight the Viking's thriftiness, Mr Henry said.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023

My thriftiness and schedule in college meant I couldn’t build meals around the seasons’ best from the farmers market, like the food writers tell you to.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

But they took from it all they could in thriftiness and saving.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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