Thesaurus: economical

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1. a. Pertaining to the household; domestic.
2. a. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
3. a. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
4. a. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
5. a. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.
6. a. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
7. adj. using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
8. adj. of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
9. adj. avoiding waste