Synonyms for thrifty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : thrif-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈθrɪf ti |
Top 10 synonyms for thrifty Other synonyms for the word thrifty
Définition of thrifty
Origin :- late 14c., from thrift + -y (2). Related: Thriftily; thriftiness.
- adj economical
- Such reckoning, of course, only holds good of thrifty, homely France.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The industrious and thrifty would be at the mercy of the lazy and wicked.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- She declared she was thrifty, but neither a miser, nor a kidnaper, nor a witch.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- How neat she was, how thrifty, how comfortable, and how comforting!
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- He was temperate in his rationalism and thrifty in his philanthropy.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- If a man is thrifty it will find expression in the orderliness of his place.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- And as a thrifty Addingtonian—you know what we are—I advise you to take it.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- It is of the greatest importance to give the young calf a thrifty start.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- Every thrifty housewife in America saved her penny as in England.
- Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
Antonyms for thrifty
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