economise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
This move will save money
Types & categories
- expend hypernym
- tighten one's belt hyponym
Related & opposite
- saving derivation
- thriftiness derivation
- economy derivation
- economizer derivation
- saver derivation
Sense 2 verb
use cautiously and frugally
I try to economize my spare time
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- waste antonym
- saving derivation
- thriftiness derivation
- economy derivation
- economizer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | saving |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thriftiness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | economy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | economizer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | saver |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tighten one's belt |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | waste |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | saving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thriftiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | economy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | economizer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | save |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrench |