Explore Frugal through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like economical or scotch. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Frugal meaning
- Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.
- Of something which is supplied or used (especially food): Obtained by or characterized by frugality.
Synonyms of Frugal
Using Frugal
- The main meaning on this page is: Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste. | Of something which is supplied or used (especially food): Obtained by or characterized by frugality.
- Useful related words include: economical, scotch, sparing, stinting.
- In the example corpus, frugal often appears in combinations such as: the frugal, more frugal, frugal and.
Context around Frugal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frugal
- In this selection, "frugal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heard, dandy, space, people and lifestyle stand out and add context to how "frugal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a very frugal life and be more frugal though those. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frugal" sits close to words such as akure, aman and bagging, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frugal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Score one for the frugal set. (6 words)
My guy is frugal to the core. (7 words)
The Spanos family is known for being frugal by NFL standards. (11 words)
But calls for more taxpayer cash to be sent the union or pushes to raise new joint EU debt would be rejected by the more frugal governments of countries like Germany and the Netherlands and Germany which are against additional financing for the bloc. (44 words)
If saving money or a frugal lifestyle is important to you, you want to sit down and discuss your viewpoint with your spouse, rather than getting into spats over each individual trip to the supermarket. (35 words)
Chetan Sakariya then came into the attack and bowled a frugal over, the first one without a boundary, giving away just two singles as CSL reached 52/0 at the end of the Powerplay. (34 words)
Like, you could kill a million people, but as long as you were frugal, chaste, and temperate, you were fine? (20 words)
The more frugal among us may have trouble wrapping our heads around it, but we won’t judge or kink shame—people have their reasons! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chandrayaan-3 has a cost of $74.6 million – far lower than many missions from other countries and a testament to India’s frugal space engineering.
Chetan Sakariya then came into the attack and bowled a frugal over, the first one without a boundary, giving away just two singles as CSL reached 52/0 at the end of the Powerplay.
Contrary to any stereotypes you may have heard, frugal people aren’t gaunt, gloomy misers with threadbare clothes and an air of permanent sadness.
Frugal and exacting, she often bought the same item in different colors, favoring crisp white shirts, tailored coats, penny loafers, and lots and lots of black.
If saving money or a frugal lifestyle is important to you, you want to sit down and discuss your viewpoint with your spouse, rather than getting into spats over each individual trip to the supermarket.
If you’re focused on frugal living, explore hobbies and activities that are enjoyable and that also help your bottom line.
I’m not “bougie” whatsoever, in fact, I live a very frugal life.
My guy is frugal to the core.
No need to ever purchase pizza sauce again with this handy dandy, frugal and fabulous recipe.
Score one for the frugal set.
The more frugal among us may have trouble wrapping our heads around it, but we won’t judge or kink shame—people have their reasons!
The rise of thrifting could imply a nationwide effort to be more frugal, though those who thrift for leisure tend to buy vintage luxury items and pair thrifted outfits with expensive designer footwear.
The Spanos family is known for being frugal by NFL standards.
This compassionate but clever move has now started a public debate about how Thai MPs use their expenses, showing the idealistic and frugal Move Forward MPs to their advantage.
This kind of frugal innovation might enable the United States to do less with more in this region.
But calls for more taxpayer cash to be sent the union or pushes to raise new joint EU debt would be rejected by the more frugal governments of countries like Germany and the Netherlands and Germany which are against additional financing for the bloc.
Having an actual notebook where I physically write all of my expenditures has made me way more frugal in every aspect of my life.
His intransigence led him to become the leader of the so-called ‘frugal’ group, the supporters of austerity, even beating Germany.
It also can be the frugal cook’s best friend, turning whatever ingredients are available into something warm and nourishing through a sort of culinary alchemy.
Like, you could kill a million people, but as long as you were frugal, chaste, and temperate, you were fine?
Common combinations with frugal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the frugal 13×
- more frugal 9×
- frugal and 8×
- frugal in 6×
- and frugal 5×
- frugal with 5×
- frugal life 4×
- frugal four 4×
- on frugal 3×
- very frugal 3×