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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Plague returned again and again for more than four centuries, repeatedly disrupting cities, economies, and societies across Europe and surrounding regions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Since then the bank has been steadily putting up the rate as it tries to reach a level similar to other major economies.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Trade between the world's two largest economies has continued despite the turbulence caused by the tariffs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

But recessions rid economies of the inefficiencies and excesses that stop them from achieving robust growth postrecovery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The New Guineans readily integrated Austronesian chickens, dogs, and especially pigs into their food-producing economies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond