parsimony
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Types & categories
- frugality hypernym
Related & opposite
- penny-pinching derivation
- parsimonious derivation
- thrifty derivation
- thrifty derivation
Sense 2 noun
extreme stinginess
Types & categories
- stinginess hypernym
- pettiness hyponym
- miserliness hyponym
Related & opposite
- beggarly derivation
- penny-pinching derivation
- closefisted derivation
- niggardly derivation
- mingy derivation
- parsimonious derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penny-pinching |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parsimonious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrifty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrifty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | frugality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggarly |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | penny-pinching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | closefisted |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | niggardly |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mingy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parsimonious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stinginess |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pettiness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | miserliness |