Definition for Parsimony:

• pär'si-mun-i, n. sparingness in the spending of money: frugality: niggardliness.-- adj. PARSIM[= O]' NIOUS, sparing in the use of money: frugal to excess: niggardly: covetous.-- adv. PARSIM[= O]' NIOUSLY.-- n. PARSIM[= O]' NIOUSNESS. [ Fr.,-- L. parsimonia, parcimonia-- parc[) e]re, to spare.]

Synonyms for Parsimony:

• n.

  •asceticism (noun)
  • asceticism,
  • austerity,
  • starkness,
  • celibacy,
  • abstinence,
  • abstemiousness,
  • severity,
  • teetotalism,
  • repentance,
  • stoicism.
  •avarice (noun)
  • close fistedness,
  • niggardlinesses,
  • penny pinching,
  • penny pinchings,
  • pennypinchings,
  • closefistednesses,
  • close-fistednesses,
  • greedinesses,
  • stinginesses,
  • close fistednesses,
  • penny-pinchings,
  • miserlinesses,
  • grabbinesses.
  •closeness (noun)
  • closeness.
  •economizing (noun)
  • frugality.
  •economy (noun)
  • moderateness,
  • self-denial,
  • cheapness,
  • restraint,
  • prudence,
  • moderation,
  • sparingness.
  •frugality (noun)
  • fore handednesses,
  • good managements,
  • fore handedness,
  • forehandednesses,
  • fore-handednesses,
  • fore-handedness,
  • parsimoniousnesses.
  •parsimony (noun)
  • penny-pinching,
  • thrift,
  • tightfistedness,
  • Niggardness,
  • tightness,
  • minginess.
  •stinginess (noun)
  • pettiness,
  • providence,
  • selfishness,
  • meagerness.
  •thrift (noun)
  • economizings.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • abjection,
  • adjacency,
  • avarice,
  • beastliness,
  • economy,
  • greediness,
  • ill temper,
  • illiberality,
  • lowness,
  • meanness,
  • miserliness,
  • niggardliness,
  • parsimoniousness,
  • shamelessness,
  • sordidness,
  • stinginess,
  • unkindness,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • unworthiness,
  • Churlishness,
  • KNavishness,
  • Contemptibleness,
  • adjacencies,
  • illiberalities,
  • forehandedness,
  • grabbiness,
  • close-fistedness,
  • closefistedness,
  • good management,
  • ill-temper,
  • pennypinching,
  • smallmindedness.

Paraphrases for Parsimony:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    thrift.

Antonyms for Parsimony:

• n.

  • stinginess
    generosity.
  • Other antonyms:
    improvidence, affluence, opulence, squandering, riches, unselfishness, abundance, luxury, wastefulness, extravagance, largesse, dissipation, wealth, waste, lavishness.

Parsimony Sentence Examples:

• The shabby plainness of Wren's church well typified all the parochial parsimony.

• No man would accuse Emerson of parsimony of ideas.