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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It aims to offer an alternative viewpoint to the "big three" global credit ratings -- Fitch, Moody's and S&P -- which have been accused in the past of unfairly playing down African economies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Those forces are testing the resilience economies have shown through a series of crises, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

For one of South Asia's smallest economies, finding money for compensation is a challenge, and the sums on offer are small when compared with the scale of the losses.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

On the flip side, Belgium at $725 billion and Ireland at $714 billion would be economies he could fall behind if the Musk industrial complex fell into a bear market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

There are many obvious reasons for these effects of history, such as that long experience of state societies and agriculture implies experienced administrators, experience with market economies, and so on.

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