husbanded

Meaning of husbanded

verb, past tense
  1. use (resources) economically.
    she husbanded their financial resources through difficult times

late Old English (in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’), from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.

Information about husbanded

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of husbanded

hus-banded

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • husbanded is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

husbanded synonyms

Meaning prevent the wasteful overuse of (a resource):

conserve

Meaning maintain (something) in its original or existing state:

preserve

Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:

save

Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:

safeguard

Meaning retain for future use:

reserve

Meaning keep or accumulate (something) for future use:

store

Meaning accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials):

stockpile

Meaning accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away:

hoard

husbanded antonyms

Meaning waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner:

squander

Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:

waste

Words that rhyme with husbanded

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