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economy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of economy

careful management of material resources

people on fixed incomes are used to practicing economy

Synonyms of economy

frugality, husbandry, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

Words Related to economy

conservation, saving

miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess

belt-tightening, retrenchment

discretion, forehandedness, prudence

austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Near Antonyms of economy

extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering

Antonyms of economy

diseconomy, wastefulness

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