Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus (EN-EN)
economy
n.
1. [A system of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth]
Syn. economic system, marketplace, market, gross national product, GNP, standard of living, cost of living, consumer price index, per capita income, financial resources, earnings, prosperity; see also A D M I N I S T R A T I O N 1 , E C O N O M I C S .
2. [Thrifty administration]
Syn. thriftiness, thrift, retrenchment, austerity, caution, prudence, regulation of finances, conservation, prudent use of resources, political economy, saving, economizing, stinginess, frugality, husbandry, care, providence, parsimony, restraint, miserliness, scrimping, cheeseparing*.
Ant. carelessness*, lavishness, waste.
3. [An example of economy, sense 2]
Syn. curtailment, retrenchment, cutback, rollback, austerity program, business recession, reduction in spending, deduction, saving, abridgment, layoff, payroll shrinkage, reduction of forces, wage decrease, cut in wages, volume ordering, cost-effectiveness, economies of scale, moratorium, good gas mileage, good fuel consumption, excursion fare, lowered materials cost, lowered contract price; belt-tightening*; see also A U T O M A T I O N , D E P R E S S I O N 3 .
Ant. increase*, outlay, raise.
