ECONOMIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does economizer mean? 

• ECONOMIZER (noun)
  The noun ECONOMIZER has 1 sense:

1. a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste

  Familiarity information: ECONOMIZER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECONOMIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

economiser; economizer

Hypernyms ("economizer" is a kind of...):

saver (someone who saves (especially money))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "economizer"):

stinter (an economizer who stints someone with something)

Derivation:

economize (use cautiously and frugally)

economize (spend sparingly, avoid the waste of)