frugal
adjective
[ ˈfruːɡ(ə)l ]
• sparing or economical as regards money or food.
• "I'm a bit too frugal to splash out on designer clothes"
Similar:
thrifty,
sparing,
economical,
saving,
careful,
cautious,
prudent,
provident,
unwasteful,
sensible,
canny,
abstemious,
abstinent,
austere,
self-denying,
ascetic,
non-indulgent,
self-disciplined,
spartan,
puritanical,
nunlike,
monklike,
monastic,
monkish,
miserly,
parsimonious,
scrimping,
cheese-paring,
penny-pinching,
close-fisted,
ungenerous,
grasping,
forehanded,
tight-fisted,
tight,
mingy,
stingy,
cheap,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin frugalis, from frugi ‘economical, thrifty’, from frux, frug- ‘fruit’.
