thrifty Hear it!

thrifty Definition

thrifty (t̸hrif)

adjective thrifti·er, thrifti·est

  1. practicing or showing thrift; economical; provident
  2. thriving; flourishing; prospering
  3. growing vigorously, as a plant

thrifty Related Forms
thrifti·ly adverb thrifti·ness noun
thrifty Synonyms

thrifty

modif.

economical, saving, careful, frugal; see economical 1. See syn. study at economical.

thrifty Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • man: In North America no-one forces farmers, who are thrifty, shrewd business men or women, to use biotechnology.
  • people: The stream increased largely since 1848, and now they number 6,000,000 of energetic and thrifty people.
  • hypothesis: Br Med Bull, 60, 21-32, PubMed Hales, C.N. and Barker, D.J. ( 2001 ) The thrifty phenotype hypothesis.
  • farmer: The bank is as necessary to the thrifty farmer as it is to the greatest railroad or the most wide-spread trust.
  • folk: Being thrifty folk, we'd saved on the van hire and opted to do the weekend in cars.
  • living: Rosie Millard: Thrifty living Published: 11 March 2006 Snap!

Modifying Another Word

  • extremely: This successful fundraising, together with extremely thrifty and efficient hard work helped to steady RNIB's finances by the end of 2004/05.
  • too: The coal owners were much too thrifty to supply candles to trapper boys.

Browse dictionary entries near thrifty

  1. thriftless
  2. thrift shop
  3. thrift institution
  4. thrift
  5. thrice
  6. threw
  7. threshold
  8. threshing machine
  9. threshing
  10. thresher
  1. thrill
  2. thrilled
  3. thriller
  4. thrilling
  5. thrips
  6. thrive
  7. thriving
  8. thro'
  9. throat
  10. -throated