parsimonious

1. 1.

   excessively unwilling to spend

   “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”

   “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”

   Synonymspenurious

   Similarstingy

Questions about parsimonious

What does parsimonious mean?

parsimonious means "excessively unwilling to spend".

How many syllables are in parsimonious?

parsimonious has 5 syllables: par-si-mo-ni-ous. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˌpɑɹsəˈmoʊniəs/.

What is another word for parsimonious?

Close synonyms include penurious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.