frugal (adj.)
- abstemious
- ascetic
- austere
- budget
- canny
- careful
- chary
- cheap
- cheeseparing
- conservative
- discreet
- dwarfish
- easy
- economic
- economical
- exiguous
- forehanded
- impoverished
- inexpensive
- jejune
- lean
- limited
- low
- low-priced
- manageable
- meager
- mean
- measured
- meticulous
- miserly
- moderate
- modest
- narrow
- negligible
- niggardly
- nominal
- paltry
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penny-wise
- penurious
- piddling
- poor
- provident
- prudent
- prudential
- puny
- reasonable
- restrained
- saving
- scant
- scanty
- scrawny
- scrimpy
- sensible
- shabby
- shoddy
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- small
- sober
- spare
- sparing
- stingy
- stinted
- stinting
- stunted
- temperate
- thin
- thrifty
- token
- wary
- watered
- watery
That though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain,
Whose constant cares were to increase his store,
And keep his only son, myself, at home.
