SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 6

Word meaning

Usage

Synonym

Antonym

Parsimonious means very unwilling to spend money or use resources.

Profuse means abundant. Option 1, 2 and 3 are all synonyms of parsimonious.

For E.g. The Earl of Buchan was the very pink of parsimonious patrons.

Here she was acknowledging everything with most profuse confession.

sparing

stingy

Scanty

Niggardly

Sparing

generous

lavish

liberal

Profuse

Meaning of other words:-

Scanty means small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

Niggardly means ungenerous with money, time, etc.; mean.

Sparing means moderate; economical.

So the most appropriate antonym of the given word is Profuse.