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economical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective economical has 3 senses
- economical(s = adj.all) economic - using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" Derived forms noun economy4, noun economy2
- economical(a = adj.pert) economic - of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" Derived form noun economy1
- economical(s = adj.all) frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" Derived form noun economy3
CIDE DICTIONARY
economical, a. [F. économique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. economical. See Economy.].
- Pertaining to the household; domestic. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. [1913 Webster]"And doth employ her economic art
And busy care, her household to preserve." [1913 Webster] - Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. [1913 Webster]"Just rich enough, with economic care,
To save a pittance." [1913 Webster] - Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil. [1913 Webster]
- of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn. [1913 Webster]"These matters economical and political." [1913 Webster]"There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization." [1913 Webster]"Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people." [1913 Webster]
- Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Grew. [1913 Webster]
- of or pertaining to economics. [WordNet 1.5]
- profitable. Opposite of
uneconomic . [WordNet 1.5] - avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of
wasteful . [WordNet 1.5]" Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
economical, adj. sparing in the use of resources; avoiding waste.
Derivative
economically adv.
THESAURUS
economical
Scotch, budget, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, close, conservative, conserving, easy, economic, economizing, economy, forehanded, frugal, inexpensive, labor-saving, low, low-priced, manageable, mean, miserly, moderate, modest, money-saving, niggardly, nominal, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, politico-economic, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable, saving, scrimping, sensible, shabby, shoddy, skimping, socio-economic, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight-fisted, time-saving, token, unexpensive, unwasteful, within means, worth the moneyROGET THESAURUS
economical
Economy
N economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness, retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste, save-all, cheese parings and candle ends, parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control, economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing, parsimonious, underpaid, sparingly, ne quid nimis, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia.
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