parsimonious
Reluctant to spend
Parsimonious means extremely unwilling to spend money or use resources—stingy to a fault.
The word carries disapproval: a parsimonious host serves small portions, a parsimonious employer pays the bare minimum.
The parsimonious old man died with millions in the bank and holes in his shoes.
In scientific contexts, parsimonious describes explanations that use the fewest assumptions necessary.
Unwilling to spend freely
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- cheapskateStingy person
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
miserly · ungenerous · mean · closefisted · skinflint · scrooge-like · hoarding · grudging
Prudent with resources
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- penny-wiseFrugal in minor matters
budget-conscious · cost-conscious · provident · careful · measured · restrained · temperate · abstemious
Rigorously simple, unadorned
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- monasticOf religious community life
- bareLacking any covering
- starkSevere and unadorned
simple · plain · unadorned · severe · strict · self-denying · disciplined · abstinent
Barely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- scantyInsufficient in amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- skimpyInadequate in size or amount
paltry · slight · thin · lean · bare · minimal · limited · insufficient
Prefer simplest sufficient explanation
- simplestMost uncomplicated
- overfittingExcess adaptation to samples
- predictorsThings that forecast outcomes
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
assumptions · explanatory · BIC · regularization · constraints
stingy
Unwilling to spend freely
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- cheapskateStingy person
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
niggardly · miserly · ungenerous · mean · closefisted · skinflint · scrooge-like · hoarding · grudging · penurious
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
penny-wise · budget-conscious · cost-conscious · provident · careful · measured · restrained · temperate · abstemious · saving
spartan
Rigorously simple, unadorned
stark · simple · plain · unadorned · severe · strict · self-denying · disciplined · abstinent · stoic
scant
Barely adequate amount
skimpy · paltry · slight · thin · lean · bare · minimal · limited · insufficient · inadequate
Occam's razor
Prefer simplest sufficient explanation
- simplestMost uncomplicated
- overfittingExcess adaptation to samples
- predictorsThings that forecast outcomes
variables · assumptions · explanatory · BIC · regularization · constraints
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy
- Money-Saving Wordsthrifty, frugal, economical, budget-conscious, cost-conscious
parsimoniousgenerous
Willing to give freely
munificent · lavish · liberal · openhanded · freehanded
parsimoniousextravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
prodigal · profligate · spendthrift · lavish · wasteful