| frugal definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | thrifty | 246 sets |
| 2 | (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager | 155 sets |
| 3 | economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager | 98 sets |
| 4 | thrifty, cheap | 75 sets |
| 5 | avoiding waste | 71 sets |
| 6 | economical | 62 sets |
| 7 | careful in spending or using something | 60 sets |
| 8 | adj. economical, avoiding waste or luxury | 59 sets |
| 9 | cheap | 43 sets |
| 10 | economical, avoiding waste and luxury | 25 sets |
| 11 | thrifty; economical in money matters | 23 sets |
| 12 | not wasteful | 21 sets |
| 13 | not wasteful, thrifty | 19 sets |
| 14 | thrifty, skimpy | 19 sets |
| 15 | careful with money; thrifty | 18 sets |
| 16 | economical. | 18 sets |
| 17 | thrifty, economical | 18 sets |
| 18 | sparing, thrifty, economical | 15 sets |
| 19 | careful with money | 15 sets |
| 20 | thrifty; careful in spending or using resources | 15 sets |
| 21 | wasteful, improvident, lavish, extravagant | 14 sets |
| 22 | adj. economical. | 12 sets |
| 23 | a economical ; penny-pinching | 12 sets |
| 24 | careful in spending money or resources | 12 sets |
| 25 | very sparing with money; inexpensive or scanty | 11 sets |
| 26 | not spending freely | 11 sets |
| 27 | careful in spending or using something. | 11 sets |
| 28 | careful economical | 10 sets |
| 29 | economical; not wasting anything | 10 sets |
| 30 | (adj) thrifty; cheap | 8 sets |
| 31 | adj. careful in spending money or resource | 8 sets |
| 32 | economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful | 7 sets |
| 33 | not wasteful or extravagant | 7 sets |
| 34 | thrifty; economical | 7 sets |
| 35 | stingy | 7 sets |
| 36 | not wasteful; thrifty | 7 sets |
| 37 | economical; penny-pinching | 6 sets |
| 38 | entailing little expense; requiring few resources | 6 sets |
| 39 | avoiding waste and luxury | 6 sets |
| 40 | adj. careful in spending or using something. | 6 sets |