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say it: ek-uh-NAH-mik
economic is an adjective meaning "of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth". It carries 5 recorded senses.
of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
“economic growth”
“aspects of social, political, and economical life”
of or relating to the science of economics
“economic theory”
using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
“an economic use of home heating oil”
“a modern economical heating system”
“an economical use of her time”
concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
“he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons”
“gave up the large house for economic reasons”
“in economic terms they are very privileged”
financially rewarding
“it was no longer economic to keep the factory open”
“have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for economic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.