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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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Yet, despite these encouraging signs, India lags behind major global economies in EV adoption.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It expects inflation in the Group of 20 leading economies to rise to 4% this year from 3.4% in 2025, but fall back to 3.1% next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The European Union's second- and third-biggest economies, France and Italy, have already been handed formal reprimands alongside eight other member states.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

With a population of 135.9 million, Ethiopia is Africa's second most-populous nation - after Nigeria - and one of the continent's fast-growing economies, according to World Bank estimates.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Christian saw a need to make economies in just about every area of state activity, and among many other things immediately withdrew the mainland estates granted to Tycho by Frederick II from his stewardship.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin