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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

These latest duties will affect some 60 economies, hitting nearly all U.S. imports, with rates from 10% to 12.5%, and they come on top of a slew of other border taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

For forty years, developed economies largely rewarded capital over labor.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

He earlier said that the targeted economies represent the majority of US trade.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

He ran down for them a history of other conservancy districts in the state which had effectively destroyed subsistence farmers by forcing them into cash economies where they could not compete.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols