frugality 音标拼音: [frug'æləti]
n . 节俭,俭省
节俭,俭省
frugality n 1 :
prudence in avoiding waste [
synonym : {
frugality }, {
frugalness }]
Frugality \
Fru *
gal "
i *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Frugalities }. [
L .
frugalitas :
cf .
F .
frugalit ['
e ].]
1 .
The quality of being frugal ;
prudent economy ;
that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily ,
and applies what is used to a profitable purpose ;
thrift ; ---
opposed to extravagance .
[
1913 Webster ]
Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits . --
Burke .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A sparing use ;
sparingness ;
as ,
frugality of praise .
Syn :
Economy ;
parsimony .
See {
Economy }.
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1913 Webster ]
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
frugality ":
abnegation ,
austerity ,
austerity program ,
canniness ,
care ,
carefulness ,
chariness ,
cheeseparing ,
constraint ,
denial ,
economic planning ,
economicalness ,
economy ,
economy of assumption ,
economy of means ,
elegance ,
false economy ,
forbearance ,
forehandedness ,
frugalness ,
golden mean ,
good management ,
husbandry ,
law of parsimony ,
management ,
moderateness ,
moderation ,
nothing in excess ,
parsimoniousness ,
parsimony ,
pinching ,
providence ,
prudence ,
prudential administration ,
renouncement ,
renunciation ,
restraint ,
scrimping ,
self -
control ,
self -
denial ,
self -
discipline ,
self -
mastery ,
self -
restraint ,
skimping ,
soberness ,
sobriety ,
sophrosyne ,
sparingness ,
stinting ,
temperance ,
temperateness ,
thrift ,
thriftiness ,
tight purse strings ,
unwastefulness
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