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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economies

It estimates that Himalayan water underpins roughly 20% of India's GDP, sustaining wheat, rice, tea, hydropower and pilgrimage economies.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

They built their economies around an industry that relied on an ever-growing prison population, mostly from California’s major metropolitan areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Iran and the UAE have been on opposing ends of the war in the Middle East, with Tehran launching missiles and drones at its fellow Brics member as the conflict sent shockwaves across global economies.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

This overproduction is fueled by massive state subsidies—15 times greater than that received by firms in other steel economies, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

We ridicule their piety, their small economies, the size of their feet, their rubber plant, which sums them up.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood