thrifty
1Thrifty — Thrift y (thr[i^]ft [y^]), a. [Compar. {Thriftier}; superl. {Thriftiest}.] 1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal. [1913 Webster] Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer …
2Thrifty — is the name of several companies * Thrifty Foods * Thrifty Drug Stores (now Rite Aid) * Thrifty Rent A Car (part of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group)It is also a name given to a type of phenotype * Thrifty phenotype See also * Thrift …
3thrifty — [thrif′tē] adj. thriftier, thriftiest 1. practicing or showing thrift; economical; provident 2. thriving; flourishing; prospering 3. growing vigorously, as a plant thriftily adv. thriftiness n. SYN. THRIFTY implies industry and clever management… …
4thrifty — UK US /ˈθrɪfti/ adjective ► showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste and saving money for the future: »Retailers will need to rethink their strategies as thrifty shoppers demand price competitive goods. thriftiness noun [U] ►… …
5thrifty — index economic, economical, frugal, parsimonious, provident (frugal), prudent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …
6thrifty — late 14c., from THRIFT (Cf. thrift) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Thriftily; thriftiness …
7thrifty — economical, *sparing, frugal Analogous words: provident, prudent, foresighted (see under PRUDENCE): saving, preserving, conserving (see SAVE) Antonyms: wasteful …
8thrifty — [adj] economical canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy*, close*, close fisted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy*, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful; concepts 334,401 …
9thrifty — ► ADJECTIVE (thriftier, thriftiest) ▪ careful and prudent with money. DERIVATIVES thriftily adverb …
10thrifty — [[t]θrɪ̱fti[/t]] thriftier, thriftiest ADJ GRADED (approval) If you say that someone is thrifty, you are praising them for saving money, not buying unnecessary things, and not wasting things. My mother taught me to be thrifty. ...thrifty shoppers …