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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economies

The prime minister is clear that he wants technical and vocational education to be tied to local economies.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Increasing the production rate could boost the company’s overall profitability by giving its commercial division stronger economies of scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

But countries including Thailand, Vietnam, China and even India, whose fertility rate dropped to 1.9 babies per woman in 2024, are aging at much lower levels of wealth than the U.S. and European economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

For forty years, developed economies largely rewarded capital over labor.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

There are no secret economies that nourish the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich