Money
Synonyms for thrifty
Synonyms for thrifty: prudent and careful. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for thrifty
Interchangeable with thrifty in this sense
Audited under thrifty's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one thrifty carries in that sense.
- prudentadjective, in the sense "using money and resources carefully and without waste"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name thrifty as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- carefulcareful is an adjective in the sense "mindful of the future in spending money"
one of these comes from thrifty's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
using money and resources carefully and without waste
Thrifty shoppers wait for the after-holiday sales to buy wrapping paper and decorations.
The true synonym
prudent
Same sentence, swapped: Prudent shoppers wait for the after-holiday sales to buy wrapping paper and decorations.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- impatient
- loyal
- picky
Where thrifty turns up in the game
thrifty is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where thrifty is the trap
- neighborlyadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is obliging, in the sense "friendly and helpful in the way expected of a good neighbor", with thrifty sitting one tile away.
Play thrifty
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so thrifty reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because money is the company thrifty keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. thrifty carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.