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   E·con·o·my

   /ēˈkänəmē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. Similar wealth(financial) resourcesfinancial systemfinancial statefinancial management
   • ▪ a particular system or stage of an economy: "a free-market economy"
   • 2. careful management of available resources: "even heat distribution and fuel economy" Similar thriftprovidenceprudencethriftinesscanninesscarefulnesscaregood managementgood husbandrycareful budgetingeconomizingsavingscrimping and savingscrimpingrestraintfrugalityfuel-savingabstemiousnessmeannesspenny-pinchingmiserlinessniggardlinessparsimonyforehandednessinformal:stinginessrare:sparingnessfrugalnessOpposite extravagance
   • ▪ sparing or careful use of something: "economy of words" Similar thriftprovidenceprudencethriftinesscanninesscarefulnesscaregood managementgood husbandrycareful budgetingeconomizingsavingscrimping and savingscrimpingrestraintfrugalityfuel-savingabstemiousnessmeannesspenny-pinchingmiserlinessniggardlinessparsimonyforehandednessinformal:stinginessrare:sparingnessfrugalnessOpposite extravagance
   • ▪ a financial saving: "there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in Manhattan"
   • ▪ the cheapest class of air or rail travel: "we flew economy"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a product) offering the best value for the money: "an economy pack"
   • ▪ designed to be economical to use: "an economy car"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘management of material resources’): from French économie, or via Latin from Greek oikonomia ‘household management’, based on oikos ‘house’ + nemein ‘manage’. Current senses date from the 17th century.

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   Need antonyms for economy? Here's a list of opposite words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Contexts . Noun. Opposite of careful management of available resources. Opposite of the state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money.

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   Economy antonyms - 338 Opposites of Economy. waste. n. extravagance. n. # waste , raise. luxury. n. # pleasure , upset. foolishness. prodigality. n. # lack. improvidence. n. spending. n. , v. wastefulness. n. generousness. costing a bomb. adj. dissipation. n. # saving. expensive. adj. # expensive. generosity. n. high-cost. adj. # expensive.

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   Synonyms for ECONOMY: saving, frugality, thrift, husbandry, providence, parsimony, scrimping, conservation; Antonyms of ECONOMY: wastefulness, extravagance, diseconomy, improvidence, prodigality, lavishness, squandering

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   Synonyms for ECONOMIC: profitable, lucrative, worthwhile, remunerative, beneficial, gainful, moneymaking, paying; Antonyms of ECONOMIC: unprofitable, unfavorable, disadvantageous.

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   • Synonyms & Antonyms of economic. yielding a profit. unfortunately, raising employees' salaries would not be economic—the business would have to fold. Synonyms for economic. fat, gainful, juicy, lucrative, money-spinning.

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   • Antonyms for economy include diseconomy, extravagance, wastefulness, addition, carelessness, disregard, enlargement, expansion, imprudence and increase. Find more ...

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   Synonyms for ECONOMY: economic system, market, marketplace, gross national product, gnp, standard of living, cost-of-living; Antonyms for ECONOMY: carelessness, spending, lavishness, waste, squandering, increase, outlay.

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   Economy antonyms. What is the opposite word for Economy? extravagance. saving. squandering. saving. spending. saving. wastefulness. carelessness. saving. improvidence. lavishness. prodigality. enlargement. saving. expansion. increase. raise. indiscretion. thoughtlessness. disregard. imprudence. negligence. addition. neglect. diseconomy. expensive.