thrifty

Other forms of thrifty

comparative or superlative

thriftier

comparative or superlative

thriftiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thrifty

What does thrifty mean?

thrifty means "careful and diligent in the use of resources". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thrifty?

thrifty has 2 syllables: thrif-ty. The stress falls on "thrif". In IPA it is /ˈθɹɪfti/.

What is another word for thrifty?

Close synonyms include careful. 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.

What is the opposite of thrifty?

The recorded antonyms are wasteful.

Is thrifty a common word?

thrifty is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.