Word Study
thrifty
CIDE DICTIONARY
thrifty, a.
- 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." [1913 Webster]"I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty." [1913 Webster]
- Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic. [1913 Webster]
- Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt. [1913 Webster]
- Secured by thrift; well husbanded. [1913 Webster]"I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I saved under your father." [1913 Webster] - Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming. [1913 Webster]"I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thrifty, adj. (thriftier, thriftiest)
1 economical, frugal.
2 thriving, prosperous.
1 economical, frugal.
2 thriving, prosperous.
Derivative
thriftily adv. thriftiness n.
THESAURUS
thrifty
Scotch, blooming, booming, burgeoning, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, conserving, economic, economical, economizing, forehanded, foresighted, frugal, growing, labor-saving, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, preserving, prospering, prosperous, provident, prudent, prudential, roaring, robust, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thriving, tight-fisted, time-saving, unwastefulROGET THESAURUS
thrifty
Economy
N economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness, retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste, save-all, cheese parings and candle ends, parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control, economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing, parsimonious, underpaid, sparingly, ne quid nimis, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia.For further exploring for "thrifty" in Webster Dictionary Online