The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEAR , but the solution may also be MEAN which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Parsimonious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEAR | 25 % | 4 |
| STINGY | 20 % | 6 |
| TIGHT | 15 % | 5 |
| FRUGAL | 10 % | 6 |
| MEAN | 5 % | 4 |
| TIGHTFISTED | 5 % | 11 |
| CHARY | 5 % | 5 |
| SCANTY | 5 % | 6 |
| ECONOMICAL | 5 % | 10 |
| MISERLY | 5 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Parsimonious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stingy
- penurious
- ungenerous
- economical
- minimum
- minimal
- cladogram
- cladograms
- parsimony
- miserly
- tightfisted
- judicious
Crossword Answer definitions
NEAR noun- The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
- To come closer to; to approach.
- Physically close.
- Close in time.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Approximate, almost.
- (in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- Next to the driver, when he is on foot; on the left of an animal or a team.
- Immediate; direct; close; short.
- Stingy; parsimonious.
- At or towards a position close in space or time.
- Nearly; almost.
- Physically close to, in close proximity to.
- Close to in time.
- Close to in nature or degree.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NEAR
More clues leading to the result STINGY
- Penny-pinching
- Parsimonious
- Cheap
- Tight
- Liberal's opposite
- Tight-fisted
- Not at all generous
- Scroogean
- Not very generous
- Scrooge-like
More clues leading to the result TIGHT
- Nip and tuck
- Constricted
- Intimate, as friends
- Cramped
- Inebriated
- Constricting
- Reluctant to part with a buck
- Lacking slack
- Closely constrained
- Way to sleep?
More clues leading to the result FRUGAL
- Parsimonious
- Thrifty
- Cost-conscious
- Careful about spending
- Like Scrooge
- Skimping and scrimping
- Careful, in a way
- Careful with money
- Waste-hating
- Sparing
More clues leading to the result MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty
More clues leading to the result TIGHTFISTED
More clues leading to the result CHARY
- Rather cautious
- Sparing
- A bit cautious
- Careful
- Cautious
- Less than confident
- Frugal.
- Very cautious.
- Parsimonious.
- Cautious.
More clues leading to the result SCANTY
- Meager
- Sparse
- Insufficient
- Barely adequate
- Like a string bikini
- Minimal
- Like some beachwear
- Like some bathing suits
- Meager; sparse
- Barely sufficient