Synonyms for economical
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Economic — careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty
economic, frugal, thrifty, efficient, sparing, prudent, saving, provident formal, moderate, penny-pinching, canny, parsimonious, tight, scotch, chary, abstemious, stinting, stingy, huswifely dated
2. Inexpensive — saving money or resources
inexpensive, cheap, low-cost, low-priced, budget, bargainous informal, unexpensive dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.
He was an economical person by nature.
- adj. 2
Saving money or resources.
The new, eco-friendly bicycle was an economical purchase.
Related words
- Word family
- economically economic
Example sentences
- economic Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.
- efficient The Japanese telephone system is highly efficient.
- frugal He is not frugal so you can't trust him with money.
- thrifty Tom's not stingy, he's just very thrifty.
- cheap It is cheap, but on the other hand it is not good.
- inexpensive Do you know of any inexpensive hotels around here?
By length
- 5 letters
- cheap1, tight1, canny2, chary2
- 6 letters
- budget2, saving2, scotch1, frugal2, stingy2
- 7 letters
- prudent2, sparing2, thrifty2
- 8 letters
- economic4, moderate3, stinting
- 9 letters
- efficient3, provident3, huswifely
- 10 letters
- abstemious, bargainous
- 11 letters
- inexpensive4, unexpensive
- 12 letters
- parsimonious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (canny2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- économique
- Español
- económico
- Català
- econòmic