Dictionary of sociology. 2013.
Parsimonious — Par si*mo ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ly}, adv. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] A prodigal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
parsimonious — I adjective acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, close, closefisted, curmudgeonly, economical, excessively frugal, frugal, grasping, grudging, illiberal, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, parcus, penny pinching, penurious, petty, restrictus … Law dictionary
parsimonious — (adj.) 1590s, from L. parsimonia (see PARSIMONY (Cf. parsimony)). Not originally with the suggestion of stinginess. Related: Parsimoniously; parsimoniousness … Etymology dictionary
parsimonious — niggardly, penurious, *stingy, close, close fisted, tight, tightfisted, miserly, cheeseparing, penny pinching Analogous words: avaricious, *covetous, grasping, greedy: *sparing, frugal: *mean, ignoble, sordid, abject Antonyms: prodigal Contrasted … New Dictionary of Synonyms
parsimonious — [adj] penny pinching avaricious, chintzy*, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, scrimpy, selfish, skinflint*, sparing, stingy*, tight*, tightfisted*, tightwad*; concepts 334,401 Ant. generous, lavish,… … New thesaurus
parsimonious — [pär΄sə mō′nē əs] adj. characterized by parsimony; miserly; close SYN. STINGY1 parsimoniously adv. parsimoniousness n … English World dictionary
parsimonious — parsimony par‧si‧mo‧ny [ˈpɑːsɪməni ǁ ˈpɑːrsˌmoʊni] noun [uncountable] formal extreme unwillingness to spend money: • The gap between government parsimony and the needs of sport is filled by commercial sponsorship. parsimonious adjective : • Some … Financial and business terms
parsimonious — adjective /pɑr.sɪˈmoʊn.i.əs/ a) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. The first three college savings plans stand out for their parsimonious expenses... b) Using a minimal number of … Wiktionary
parsimonious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, selfish, tight, frugal; see greedy 1 , stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PAR suh MOH nee us] miserly, stingy. The parsimonious old fool recycled… … English dictionary for students
parsimonious — [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)sɪmo͟ʊniəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) Someone who is parsimonious is very unwilling to spend money. [FORMAL] Syn: stingy … English dictionary
