My mother taught me to be thrifty.
...thrifty shoppers.
English dictionary. 2008.
Thrifty — Thrift y (thr[i^]ft [y^]), a. [Compar. {Thriftier}; superl. {Thriftiest}.] 1. 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. Chaucer … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thrifty — is the name of several companies * Thrifty Foods * Thrifty Drug Stores (now Rite Aid) * Thrifty Rent A Car (part of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group)It is also a name given to a type of phenotype * Thrifty phenotype See also * Thrift … Wikipedia
thrifty — [thrif′tē] adj. thriftier, thriftiest 1. practicing or showing thrift; economical; provident 2. thriving; flourishing; prospering 3. growing vigorously, as a plant thriftily adv. thriftiness n. SYN. THRIFTY implies industry and clever management… … English World dictionary
thrifty — UK US /ˈθrɪfti/ adjective ► showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste and saving money for the future: »Retailers will need to rethink their strategies as thrifty shoppers demand price competitive goods. thriftiness noun [U] ►… … Financial and business terms
thrifty — index economic, economical, frugal, parsimonious, provident (frugal), prudent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
thrifty — late 14c., from THRIFT (Cf. thrift) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Thriftily; thriftiness … Etymology dictionary
thrifty — economical, *sparing, frugal Analogous words: provident, prudent, foresighted (see under PRUDENCE): saving, preserving, conserving (see SAVE) Antonyms: wasteful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
thrifty — [adj] economical canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy*, close*, close fisted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy*, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful; concepts 334,401 … New thesaurus
thrifty — ► ADJECTIVE (thriftier, thriftiest) ▪ careful and prudent with money. DERIVATIVES thriftily adverb … English terms dictionary
thrifty — spend·thrifty; thrifty; un·thrifty; … English syllables
