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Thrifty

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
thrifty (adjective)
1.
by industry and frugality - thriving prosperous
2.
growing vigorously
3.
given to or marked by economy and good management sparing
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
thrifty (adjective)
careful in the management of money or resources
SYNONYMS:
economical, economizing, provident, scrimping, sparing, thrifty
RELATED WORDS:
conserving, preserving, saving; forehanded, foresighted, foresightful, prudent; penny-wise; cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, spare, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted
NEAR ANTONYMS:
improvident, shortsighted; bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing; extravagant, indulgent, lavish
prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful
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