Synonym of monkishness

Noun

The quality of being frugal
frugality providence conservation economy moderation thrift carefulness thriftiness abstemiousness abstinence asceticism austerity canniness caution good management husbandry self-discipline close-fistedness economising economizing meanness miserliness monasticism parsimoniousness parsimony penny-pinching prudence puritanism restraint scrimping skimping stinginess avarice avariciousness forehandedness penuriousness saving scrimping and saving sparingness tight-fistedness tightness cheapness tightfistedness closeness pinching frugalness cheeseparing careful budgeting retrenchment care regulation greed acquisitiveness cutback moratorium rollback shrinkage abridgement decrease supervision reduction curtailment parcity minginess good husbandry covetousness budgeting rapacity illiberality abridgment nearness cheese-paring selfishness ungenerousness cost-cutting thriftyness good housekeeping careful management management planning precaution cutting foresight preparedness belt-tightening farsightedness forethought fuel-saving financial prudence scaling-down sophrosyne calculation vigilance temperance cutbacks discretion graspingness layoff deduction recession direction greediness downsizing cupidity mercenariness avidity rapaciousness avidness cuts materialism belt tightening cutting back desire grabbiness Mammonism pleonexia penury pettiness money-grubbing money-grabbing an itching palm extreme greed circumspection prescience vision foresightedness judiciousness provision sagacity perspicacity premeditation presence of mind anticipation awareness perception discernment discreetness prevision penetration deliberation wisdom judgement forward planning sense judgment consideration gumption perceptiveness cautiousness shrewdness common sense guidance contrivance thought intention safeguard protection preventive security defence palladium defense insurance clairvoyance deterrent intuition backstop watchfulness insight foreknowledge attentiveness premonition preventive measure fail-safe preconception safety measure divination preventative measure belt and braces readiness discrimination precognition prospect prophecy prenotion hindsight long-sightedness

Noun

The principles and practices of an ascetic
asceticism rigour abstemiousness abstinence austerity celibacy frugality puritanism self-denial self-discipline non-indulgence self-abnegation self-mortification chastity continence harshness hermitism monasticism plainness reclusiveness severity simplicity solitude strictness anchorism other-worldliness rigor rigorousness self-restraint starkness a hair shirt a spartan life mortification of the flesh temperance moderation abnegation self-deprivation sobriety self-control restraint teetotalism forbearance renunciation abstention prudence stoicism self-sacrifice soberness chasteness moderateness forgoing uninebriation unintoxication eschewal moderatism constraint astringency refrainment discretion sacrifice measure reasonableness conservatism mortification control temperateness selflessness altruism unselfishness economy ascetic golden mean happy medium prohibition dryness stinginess parsimony penuriousness thrift tightness meanness parsimoniousness nephalism avarice miserliness penny-pinching close-fistedness avariciousness refraining virtue tight-fistedness dullness drabness generosity martyrdom resignation Rechabitism plain plain living judiciousness avoidance simple living abstaining fasting bleakness repudiation renouncement Spartanism exactingness spartanism sparseness bareness closeness tightfistedness pinching cheapness singleness virginity cheeseparing greed acquisitiveness maidenhead greediness covetousness lack of indulgence providence minginess monkhood purity bachelorhood spinsterhood maidenhood nunhood nearness graspingness illiberality impotence sexlessness frigidity conservation churlishness unmarried state carefulness thriftiness peniaphobia cheese-paring canniness husbandry caution good management single blessedness skimping scrimping economizing scrimping and saving saving sparingness forehandedness economising

Nearby Words

monklet monklike monks monk's chair monks cress monkshood monkishly monkish monkied monkhood monkey wrench in the works monkeywrenching

Antonym of monkishness

monkishness Idiom, Proverb

English Vocalbulary

Synonym of monk Synonym of monkish Synonym of monklike Synonym of monklet Synonym of monkhood Synonym of monks Synonym of monkishly

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