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

Example Sentences

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Speaking of sub-Saharan Africa, Zeidane lauded government reform programs undertaken in recent years as giving regional economies more resilience to the current energy supply shock.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

The same year, the spectacular fall of the South East Asian "tiger economies" tested him again.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

“The AI story remains a dominant theme for both markets and many economies around the world,” investment management firm Invesco wrote in its midyear outlook last week.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

Al-Rumayyan pointed to the strategic stockpiles built by major economies such as China and the U.S. as evidence of the value of reserves during periods of severe disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 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