Antonyms for economy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-kon-uh-mee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkɒn ə mi |
Definition of economy
Origin :- 1530s, "household management," from Latin oeconomia, from Greek oikonomia "household management, thrift," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house" (cognate with Latin vicus "district," vicinus "near;" Old English wic "dwelling, village;" see villa) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatics). The sense of "wealth and resources of a country" (short for political economy) is from 1650s.
- noun saving, frugality
- If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It would not be in keeping with His economy to have any entity wasted.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- What, then, is civilization in the economy of the human animal?
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- (b) How can economy be exercised in the use of butter in cooking?
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- For convenience and economy, these jars or cans should be labeled.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Honest labor united with economy is the best way to acquire it.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Now, it is evident that there is here a profitable source of economy.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
- This is a sort of economy having all the appearances and some of the advantages of prudence.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- I had little or no money, Calcutta being no place for economy.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- A moral mildew mingles with and blasts the economy of nature.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
Synonyms for economy
- abridgement
- austerity
- care
- carefulness
- caution
- curtailment
- cutback
- decrease
- deduction
- direction
- discretion
- husbandry
- layoff
- meanness
- miserliness
- moratorium
- niggardliness
- parcity
- parsimony
- providence
- prudence
- recession
- reduction
- regulation
- restraint
- retrenchment
- rollback
- scrimping
- shrinkage
- skimping
- sparingness
- stinginess
- supervision
- thrift
- thriftiness
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