FRUGALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Prudence in avoiding waste

Synonyms:

frugality; frugalness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("frugality" is a kind of...):

prudence (discretion in practical affairs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frugality"):

parsimoniousness; parsimony; penny-pinching; thrift (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)

economy; thriftiness (frugality in the expenditure of money or resources)

Derivation:

frugal (avoiding waste)