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thrift Antonyms

Opposite of thrift

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• noun (Context 1)

The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.

Usage Example

"Through hard work and extravagance, the immigrant family was able to save enough money to buy their own business."

Strongest
extravagance
wastefulness
Strong
profligacy

Similar words to thrift

Looking for synonyms? Words similar to thrift vary depending on the context. Here are a few common synonyms:

frugality
economy
parsimony
providence
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• Nearby Words

three-toed sloth
thresher shark
threshold
thrift
thrinax
throne
throttle

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Wordmom. (2026). Antonyms for Thrift. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Oct 14, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/antonyms/thrift
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