7
thin(adjective, close, mean, light, poor)
6
forbearing(verb, adjective, feeling, kind, soft)
6
low(adjective, poor, small, boring, smallness)
6
scrimp(verb, adjective, poor, small, boring)
6
scrimpy(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
6
small(adjective, light, small, tight, smallness)
6
stinting(verb, adjective)
6
tight-fisted(adjective, frugal, economical, parsimonious)
5
abstemious(adjective, behavior, careful, prudent, appetite)
5
austere(adjective, economical)
5
avaricious(adjective, close, mean, spare, careful)
5
canny(adjective, save, careful, wise, practical)
5
conserving(verb, careful, prudent, frugal, economical)
5
economic
5
economizing
5
exiguous(adjective, close, mean, light, slight)
5
forgiving(adjective, kind, soft, sympathetic, tolerant)
5
kind(adjective, feeling, soft, easy, tender)
5
limited(adjective, close, light, poor, inadequate)
5
little(adjective, close, light, poor, small)
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