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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The yen is historically weak mainly due to Japan having much lower central bank interest rates than other major economies like the US.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The shift could bring major consequences for marine ecosystems, tourism, public health, and coastal economies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

The 37-year-old hairstylist settled in Soweto, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, found work, built a life and believed he had a future in one of Africa's biggest economies.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

An active startup scene has developed in Lithuania and its fellow Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia in the decades since their transition from Soviet-controlled command economies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

As we saw in Chapter 2, though, Polynesian political and social organization and economies underwent great diversification in different environments.

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