economies

NOUN

saving, frugality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

recession

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift thriftiness

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

WEAK

squandering

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The prime minister is clear that he wants technical and vocational education to be tied to local economies.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Find insight on gold, Gulf economies, supply disruptions from the Iran war, oil futures and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Key demographic markers in many developing countries, especially in Asia, are starting to look like those of much more developed economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The investigation into overcapacity concerns was announced in March and is targeting 16 economies, including major trading partners like the E.U.,

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

It remained confined to Ethiopia until it caught on in Arabia and then around the world, to sustain today the economies of countries as far-flung as Brazil and Papua New Guinea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond