FINANCIAL Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

financial

adjective

fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl

Definition of financial

as in fiscal

of or relating to money, banking, or investments the financial world was watching the stock market closely

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Recent Examples of financial The Fort Worth Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify and find a person of interest in a case of financial abuse of the elderly. — Mary Ella Hastings july 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 Every financial answer is built on assumptions about returns, timelines, contributions, or costs. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026 Our financial supporters are not involved in any decisions about our journalism. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 July 2026 Meanwhile, boomers who hold low-rate mortgages or own their homes outright have little financial pressure to list. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for financial

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Given an increasingly fragile fiscal backdrop, more may follow.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026
Lamont’s chief fiscal focus since 2020 has been on channeling $11 billion in surpluses — forced by aggressive savings rules — to whittle down a hefty pension debt created over seven decades prior to 2011.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026

Definition of fiscal

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His ability to implement policies aimed at boosting economic growth — such as reindustrialization, building more social housing and taking greater public control of utilities — will also be severely constrained by weak government finances.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Zach Lahn, who won the GOP primary bid for Iowa governor, spent about $475,000 on an ad in May that vowed to ban H-1B visa holders from being hired by Iowa government agencies and universities, linking immigration and economic concerns.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 July 2026

Definition of economic

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These cases aren’t about monetary damages, but instead injunctive relief—specifically, a court order that blocks the NCAA from disallowing an athlete whom the NCAA classifies as ineligible.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 July 2026
The fundamental truth is that interest rates and bond yields are never an appropriate measure of monetary conditions.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 20 July 2026

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