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, 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, 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:
   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. Vladimir Putin:

   If the situation develops unfavorably, we will have to amend our plans. Beyond doubt, we will have to cut some (spending). But a positive turn and emergence from the current situation are inevitable, the growth of the global economy will continue and our economy will rebound from the current situation.

2. Iran Dempsey:

   There's every reason to believe that the majority of it will be used to fix their economy that suffered under the sanctions, but I also am alert to the possibility that some if it could be used to support the other malign activities.

3. Michael Corbat:

   The benefits of tax reform aren't yet fully into our economy. Not yet fully appreciated in terms of the intermediate impact they can have.

4. Loretta Mester:

   Given the cross currents in the economy, different people can have different views ... which is really reflective of what the committee's decision-making is.

5. Kathy Lien:

   While some economists look at these numbers and say that they are weak or the economy is worse off than before because of the downward revisions in 2012 and 2013, we believe there's enough here for the Fed to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years, while we are bullish dollars and believe that further gains are likely, there's just under two months to the next monetary policy meeting and the dollar is overbought.