adjective · neutral
frugal
/ˈfruːɡəl/FRU·gal
Band 7+speakingtask2
Careful with money; economical in use or expenditure without being mean.
Examples
“She's remarkably frugal and rarely wastes food.”
“Living frugally during university helped him save for a trip abroad.”
“Being frugal doesn't mean being stingy.”
Band 8 sentence
“Adopting a frugal approach to daily expenses can significantly increase one's long-term savings without reducing quality of life.”
Collocations
- frugal lifestyle
- live frugally
Word family
frugality nounfrugally adverb
Common mistakes
He is very cheap.→He is frugal.
She lives frugallyness.→She lives frugally.
Say it for a higher band
5cheap→6thrifty→7+frugal
Synonyms
thrifty
Easily confused
stingy
“He was so stingy that he refused to contribute to the gift.”
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