Reverse Dictionary: THRIFT

ADJECTIVES
► CANNY careful, frugal, thrifty → 1725 Sc.
► ECONOMIC thrifty, careful, saving, sparing → 1755 obs.
► FOREHANDED prudent; thrifty; free from debt → 1777 US
► GAIR parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful → 1788 Sc. obs.
► HAINING thrifty; spare, reserved for special occasions → c1779 Sc.
► HUSBANDLY given to careful economy; frugal, thrifty, provident → 1450
► NARRISH thrifty, mean → 1889 UK society usage
► PERSNICKETY thrifty → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PORTLY thrifty; lusty → 1903 Amer. dial.
► VIRTUOUS thrifty, industrious → Bk1905 Sc. obs.

ADVERBS
► NEAR thriftily; parsimoniously, meanly → a1625

NOUNS
► HAG thrift, economy → 1866 Sc.
► HAIN a means to thrift, a saving, an economical appliance → 1953 Sc.
► HAINING thrift, economy, penuriousness → 1871 Sc.
► VIRTUE thrift → Bk1905 Sc.
► WANTHRIFT want of thrift or economy; extravagance → 1522 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► GATHERER a frugal, saving, thrifty person → 1901 Sc.
► GROSER a thrifty, saving person; one who accumulates wealth → Bk1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAINER a thrifty, saving person → 1825 Sc.
► HUSBANDER a person who makes careful use of resources, assets, etc.; a thrifty or prudent administrator; also, a tiller of the soil, a husbandman → 1585
► HUSBANDMAN a frugal or thrifty man → 1711
► HUSSY the mistress of a household; a thrifty woman → 1530 obs.
► NEEDLER a keen, active, thrifty person; a niggard → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SPARER a sparing, frugal, economical, or thrifty person; one who spares in using anything → c1440