Synonyms of economy

economy

noun

i-ˈkä-nə-mē 

as in saving

careful management of material resources

people on fixed incomes are used to practicing economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saving
• frugality
• thrift
• husbandry
• providence
• parsimony
• scrimping
• conservation
• temperance
• prudence
• skimping
• penny-pinching
• stinginess
• retrenchment
• belt-tightening
• moderation
• miserliness
• austerity
• forehandedness
• restraint
• discretion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wastefulness
• extravagance
• diseconomy
• prodigality
• lavishness
• improvidence
• squandering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of economy

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a one-time parking rate hike at the airport’s daily lots, economy lots and garages. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

But a recent working paper analyzing the results of 42 different studies concluded that school meal programs in high-income economies had minimal effects on students’ behavioral, health or educational outcomes. — Ari Sen, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

In the second economy, the American middle class is experiencing a severe, structural margin collapse. — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

But the aging population is also putting increasing pressure on the world’s fourth biggest economy, raising the costs of elderly care and shrinking its work force. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026