thrifty
[ thrif-tee ]
adjective,thrift·i·er, thrift·i·est.
practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
thriving, prosperous, or successful.
thriving physically; growing vigorously.
Origin of thrifty
1synonym study For thrifty
1. See frugal.
Other words for thrifty
Other words from thrifty
- thrift·i·ly, adverb
- thrift·i·ness, noun
- o·ver·thrift·i·ly, adverb
- o·ver·thrift·i·ness, noun
- o·ver·thrift·y, adjective
- un·thrift·i·ly, adverb
- un·thrift·i·ness, noun
- un·thrift·y, adjective
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How to use thrifty in a sentence
Philosophers are absurd from many causes, but principally from laying out unthriftily their distinctions.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems | Walter Savage LandorI will not unthriftily spill my letters any more there, where they returne me no fruit.
Microcosmography | John Earle
British Dictionary definitions for thrifty
thrifty
/ (ˈθrɪftɪ) /
adjectivethriftier or thriftiest
showing thrift; economical or frugal
rare thriving or prospering
Derived forms of thrifty
- thriftily, adverb
- thriftiness, noun
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