Top Definitions
Quizzes
Related Content
Examples
Explore Dictionary

parsimonious

[ pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs ]

/ ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious

adjective

characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of parsimonious

First recorded in 1590–1600; parsimon(y) + -ious

SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious

tight, close, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious

ANTONYMS FOR parsimonious

SEE ANTONYMS FOR parsimonious

synonym study for parsimonious

See stingy¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM parsimonious

par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverbpar·si·mo·ni·ous·ness, nounun·par·si·mo·ni·ous, adjectiveun·par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby parsimonious

Parseeism, parser, pars granulosa, Parsha, Parsifal, parsimonious, parsimony, pars intermedia, parsley, parsley family, parsley fern

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for parsimonious

It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Male Birth Control, Without Condoms, Will Be Here by 2017|Samantha Allen|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The U.S. will never be as parsimonious with energy as a Scandinavian country.
America Is Not Doomed|Daniel Gross|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I bear some responsibility for moving the party of the parsimonious and prudent use of force to “all war all the time.”
The New GOP Warmongers|Matt Latimer|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So soon did the cruel and parsimonious father renew the current of supplies, after stopping it in a season of fierce anger.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson

Mrs. Robinson was a good manager of the moderate means her husband had left her, but she was not parsimonious or inhospitable.
Different Girls|Various
The old days of parsimonious living and respect for one's betters were gone forever.
The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom|Hendrik Willem van Loon
They are still curious in their editions, and are not parsimonious in their price for what they call an uncastrated copy.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli
But all American observers are not so parsimonious with regard to post-glacial time.
Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie

Cyber Monday Sale! Save On Grammar Help Now