Penny wise


Synonyms for penny wise
adj conservative with resources; careful

efficient
cost-effective
prudent
practical
avaricious
canny
chary
circumspect
close
closefisted

frugal
meager
mean
methodical
miserly
parsimonious
penny-pinching
penurious
provident
saving

spare
sparing
stingy
thrifty
tight
watchful
curmudgeonly
money-saving
niggardly
on the rims

penny-wise
prudential
scrimping
skimping
time-saving
unwasteful
work-saving

Antonyms for penny wise

inefficient
expensive
wasteful

careless
uncareful
uneconomical

unreasonable

Synonyms
adj economical

prudent
meticulous
thrifty
canny
careful
stingy
spartan

abstemious
chary
discreet
meager
parsimonious
penny-pinching
provident

saving
sparing
tight
tightwad
wary
conserving
mingy

niggardly
penny-wise
preserving
scrimping
unwasteful

Antonyms

incautious
wasteful
lavish

careless
spendthrift
generous

uneconomical
spendthrifty

Synonyms
adj economical

sparing
saving
penny-pinching
spare
close
mean
avaricious
canny
chary
circumspect

closefisted
cost-effective
efficient
frugal
meager
methodical
miserly
parsimonious
penurious
practical

provident
prudent
stingy
thrifty
tight
watchful
scrimping
skimping
curmudgeonly
money-saving

niggardly
on the rims
penny-wise
prudential
time-saving
unwasteful
work-saving

Antonyms

generous

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