Synonyms for ECONOMY
ɪˈkɒn ə miecon·o·my

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1. economy

   Economy is a wise and careful administration of the means at one's disposal; frugality is a withholding of expenditure, or sparing of supplies or provision, to a noticeable and often to a painful degree; parsimony is excessive and unreasonable saving for the sake of saving. Frugality exalted into a virtue to be practised for its own sake, instead of as a means to an end, becomes the vice of parsimony. Miserliness is the denying oneself and others the ordinary comforts or even necessaries of life, for the mere sake of hoarding money. Prudence and providence look far ahead, and sacrifice the present to the future, saving as much as may be necessary for that end. (See PRUDENCE.) Thrift seeks not merely to save, but to earn. Economy manages, frugality saves, providence plans, thrift at once earns and saves, with a view to wholesome and profitable expenditure at a fitting time. See ABSTINENCE.

   Synonyms:
   frugality, miserliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, providence, prudence, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrift

   Antonyms:
   abundance, affluence, bounty, extravagance, liberality, luxury, opulence, riches, waste, wealth

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1. economy

   Synonyms:
   administration, dispensation, management, rule, arrangement, distribution, husbanding

   Antonyms:
   maladministration, waste, misrule, mismanagement, disorder, prodigality

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1. economy, economic systemnoun

   the system of production and distribution and consumption

   Synonyms:
   thriftiness, economy, economic system, saving

2. economynoun

   the efficient use of resources

   "economy of effort"

   Synonyms:
   thriftiness, economic system, saving

3. economy, thriftinessnoun

   frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

   "the Scots are famous for their economy"

   Synonyms:
   thriftiness, economy, economic system, saving

4. economy, savingnoun

   an act of economizing; reduction in cost

   "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"

   Synonyms:
   economy, thriftiness, delivery, preservation, deliverance, economic system, rescue, saving

Matched Categories

1. • Efficiency
   • Frugality

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1. economynoun

   Synonyms:
   frugality, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry, good housewifery

2. economynoun

   Synonyms:
   arrangement, regulation, management

3. economynoun

   Synonyms:
   system, plan, established order

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1. economynoun

   Synonyms:
   thrift, frugality, thriftiness, retrenchment, management, administration, system

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1. List of paraphrases for "economy":

   economic, economics, economies, wirtschaft, 'économie, économie, economía, 'economia, saving, savings, gospodarki, οικονομίας

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1. Mark Allen:

   The Bank of Canada's surprise cut to its overnight rate will help to buffer against the impact on employment, household incomes and mortgage serviceability in particular for Western Canada, the ensuing drop in the Canadian dollar should also provide a stimulus for the economy nationwide.

2. Mohannad Aama:

   Although we’ve being seeing good job numbers, the general feeling is that the U.S. economy is nearing a peak and there is not much left as far as trends to be talked about.

3. James Conigliaro Jr.:

   Forming this Guild is crucial for thousands of drivers who need a stronger voice and gives organized labor an opportunity to shape the new economy in a way that supports and values workers and their families.

4. Steve Perillo:

   The economy has been on the rise since 2009.

5. Penn Jillette:

   There seems to be one person in this race who's actually genuine and not crazy. And that's Bernie, he uses the word socialist, which in the United States is what? Sixty percent socialist now? We're a mixed economy. This is all stuff a libertarian probably shouldn't say, but 'socialist' isn't a dirty word. It's a different way of looking at how the government works.