deflationary

1. 1.

   associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money

   “deflationary measures”

   Antonymsinflationary

   economics

Questions about deflationary

What does deflationary mean?

deflationary means "associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money".

How many syllables are in deflationary?

deflationary has 5 syllables: de-fla-tio-nar-y. The stress falls on "fla". In IPA it is /dɪˈfleɪʃəˌnɛɹi/.

What is the opposite of deflationary?

The recorded antonyms are inflationary.

Is deflationary a common word?

deflationary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.