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What is the adjective for thrift?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb thrift which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

thrifty
  1. evincing thrift; characterized by economy and good management of property; frugal.
  2. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth
  3. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving;
  4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
  5. Having a pleasant appearance; looking or being in good condition
  6. Synonyms:
      7. miserly, frugal, sparing, parsimonious, mean, stingy, economical, tight, close, scrimping, cheap, chintzy, provident, prudent, saving, careful, canny, cautious, economising, economizing, abstemious, scrimpy, unwasteful, chary, forehanded, conserving, preserving, close-fisted, penny-pinching, careful with money, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, budget-conscious, penurious, ungenerous, uncharitable, avaricious, closefisted, mingy, tightfisted, spare, grasping, pinchpenny, illiberal, pinching, greedy, stinting, pennywise … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “For the thrifty buyers, there are stores along smaller lanes where no goods carry hefty price tags, and bargaining is the name of the game.”
      “The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic.”
      “Being thrifty with his money is not something the Bond star is renowned for.”
thriftless
  1. Wastefully reckless in the use of money or resources.
  2. Not thriving.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, extravagant, squandering, unthrifty, immoderate, improvident, lavish, reckless, imprudent, excessive, irresponsible, high-rolling, free-spending, uneconomical, profuse, wanton, intemperate, overgenerous, supererogative, heedless, supererogatory, overextravagant, indulgent, frivolous, thoughtless, shiftless, negligent, dissipated, inconsiderate, bad with money, gratuitous, unreserved, unrestrained, uncontrolled, dissolute, self-indulgent, wild, careless, inefficient, needless, ruinous, squandered, useless, cavalier, overdone, dissipative, destructive … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “If you want people to be savvy savers instead of thriftless spenders, you need to get them young and keep them on side throughout life.”
      “Today we tend to dismiss the moralizing of the late Victorians who insisted that the unemployed were lazy, intemperate, or thriftless.”
      “In his work, he said, he tried to rescue something from a thriftless society: think of it as a health warning against thoughtless waste.”
thriftful
  1. Characterised by thrift; thrifty
thriftier
  1. comparative form of thrifty: more thrifty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meaner, stingier, tighter, closer, cheaper, chintzier, cannier, charier, more miserly, more frugal, more sparing, more parsimonious, more economical, more provident, more prudent, more saving, more careful, more cautious, more abstemious, more unwasteful, more forehanded, more penny-pinching … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “With the advent of speedier and thriftier production methods, steel has become easier to obtain and much cheaper.”
      “Instead, give yourself the gift of an energy-efficient ENERGY STAR-labeled torchiere lamp, for a brighter, thriftier, safer holiday.”
thriftiest
  1. superlative form of thrifty: most thrifty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meanest, stingiest, tightest, closest, cheapest, chintziest, canniest, chariest, most miserly, most frugal, most sparing, most parsimonious, most economical, most provident, most prudent, most saving, most careful, most cautious, most abstemious, most unwasteful, most forehanded, most penny-pinching … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Special offers, year-end discounts and Christmas goodies tempt even the thriftiest customer.”
      “He was in the Pennsylvania Dutch district, the richest and thriftiest farming country in the world.”
thrifted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of thrift
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