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 — 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 — parsimony, parsimonious The principle that the best statistical model among all satisfactory models is that with the fewest parameters. Hence, more generally, the principle which asserts that if it is possible to explain a phenomenon equally… … Dictionary of sociology
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
