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parsimony
noun
(par-si-mo-ny)
extreme stinginess
Synonyms:
closeness
,
meanness
,
minginess
,
niggardliness
,
niggardness
,
parsimoniousness
,
tightfistedness
,
tightness
,
parsimony
noun
(par-si-mo-ny)
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Synonyms:
parsimoniousness
, penny-pinching,
thrift
,
Words Related to
parsimony
!
tightfistedness
,
meanness
,
thrift
,
closeness
,
tightness
,
minginess
,
niggardliness
,
niggardness
,
parsimoniousness
,
penny-pinching
,
restraint
,
frugality
,
miserliness
,
prudence
,
thriftiness
,
stinginess
,
prodigality
,
profligacy
,
liberality
,
benevolence
,
fastidiousness
,
munificence
,
spendthrift
,
tightwad
,
rectitude
,
pragmatism
,
extravagance
,
politeness
,
slothfulness
,
improvidence
,
noblesse oblige
,
avarice
,
ruthlessness
,
scrupulousness
,
judiciousness
,
cussedness
,
cravenness
,
servility
,
acquisitiveness
,
skinflint
,
ineffectuality
,
perspicuity
,
pedantry
,
obtuseness
,
imperiousness
,
hubris
,
priggishness
,
truculence
,
smugness
,
puniness
,
timidity
,
abstemiousness
,
garrulousness
,
pusillanimity
,
punctiliousness
,
gradgrind
,
chumminess
,
vainglory
,
poshness
,
obduracy
,
fatuity
,
sycophancy
,
gaucherie
,
incuriosity
,
canniness
,
stoicism
,
malignity
,
diffidence
,
prolixity
,
giantism
,
officiousness
,
feebleness
,
intemperance
,
gaucheness
,
cupidity
,
penuriousness
,
superciliousness
,
taciturnity
,
foppery
,
immoderation
,
credulousness
,
ostentatiousness
,
popery
,
churlishness
,
amorality
,
speciousness
,
insouciance
,
pompousness
,
dirigisme
,
pugnacity
,
philistinism
,
perspicacity
,
contrariness
,
stolidity
,
obsequiousness
,
aloofness
,
scruple
,
arrogance
,
sangfroid
,
dandyism
,
parsimony
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