All spartan synonyms
Spar·tan
S s adj spartan
- frugal — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- minimalist — a person who favors a moderate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or who holds minimal expectations for the success of a program.
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
- bare-bones — Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.
- barebones — Alternative form of bare-bones.
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- ascetic — An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.
- disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
adjective spartan
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- impavid — (archaic) fearless, undaunted.
- inelaborate — Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
adverb spartan
- ascetically — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.