[Vocabulary] Economic person?

[Emmitt]

Can you tell me please,
if someone "saves money" better than the other person, can you call him economical? sounds to official to me

 

[Mrfatso]

You might say that the person was frugal.

 

[Emmitt]

Sounds nice, thank you

 

[Tdol]

If you want to be negative, you could call him or her mean.

 

[missie123]

Such as " She was a stinge( spell?). or " He was a cheap" ?

 

[Mrfatso]

Such as " She was a stinge( spell?). or " He was a cheap" ?

The correct spelling would be stingy.

 

[Maybelline25]

Also penny-wise or thrifty

 

[probus]

If you want to be negative, you could call him or her mean.

But only in BrE.

 

[probus]

Such as " She was a stinge( spell?). or " He was a cheap" ?

The nouns "stinge" and "cheap" are appealing, but regrettably they do not occur in actual usage.

 

[missie123]

She was cheap. or She is cheap.
He was stingy. or He is stingy.

She was a stingy woman.
He was a cheap man.

Are those above correct?

Thank you.
Missie

 

[Tdol]

Yes, they are, but if you say that someone is cheap, you suggest that they haven't got much class or style, rather than that they are careful with money. (In British English at least)

 

[probus]

They all seem correct and natural to me.

 

[probus]

By the way, you could say "He was a cheapskate" rather than "He was a cheap." That would be correct and natural, and have the same intended meaning.