frugal B2 Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈfɹuːɡəl/ See IPA manual Freq #31985 Meanings 1 adj Careful with money; avoiding waste. Being frugal, she saved a little from every paycheck. 2 adj Small and simple, using little. They lived on a frugal diet of bread and soup. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · careful with money;... economicalthrifty More abstemiouscannycharycheapeconomichusbandlyhuswifelymoderateparsimoniouspenny-pinchingprudent ↔ Opposites extravagantlavishprodigalsimplespendthrift Word family Forms frugally Derived forms frugalismfrugalistfrugalistafrugalityfrugalizefrugallyfrugalnessinfrugalsuperfrugalunfrugal Related forms stingy Common collocations frugal lunch Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”). *bʰruHg- Proto-Indo-European frugalis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # frugal **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfɹuːɡəl/ **Frequency rank:** 31985 ## Meanings 1. Careful with money; avoiding waste. 2. Small and simple, using little. ## Examples - Being frugal, she saved a little from every paycheck. - They lived on a frugal diet of bread and soup. ## Synonyms - abstemious - canny - chary - cheap - economic - economical - husbandly - huswifely - moderate - parsimonious - penny-pinching - prudent ## Antonyms - extravagant - lavish - prodigal - simple - spendthrift ## Derived Forms - frugalism - frugalist - frugalista - frugality - frugalize - frugally - frugalness - infrugal - superfrugal - unfrugal ## Related Forms - stingy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰruHg- - Root: frugalis ## Etymology From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”). ## AI Etymology Frugal comes from Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”). In current use, the main senses are “Careful with money; avoiding waste” and “Small and simple, using little”. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown