frugality
nounHow to pronounce frugality:
Definition of frugality:
- frugality (noun):
- prudence in avoiding waste.
- protection from change, loss, or injury
- the quality or state of being frugal careful management of material resources and especially money thrift
Synonyms for frugality:
carefulness
conservation
economizing
economy
frugalness
good management
husbandry
moderation
parsimoniousness
parsimony
penny-pinching
providence
prudence
saving
scrimping
skimping
stinginess
temperance
thrift
thriftiness
Antonyms for frugality:
carelessness
diseconomy
dissipation
excess
exorbitance
expenditure
extravagance
extravagancy
folly
generosity
immoderation
improvidence
imprudence
lavishness
overdoing
overindulgence
overspending
prodigality
profligacy
profligateness
profuseness
profusion
recklessness
spending
spendthrift
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