economy

Other forms of economy

plural

economies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about economy

What does economy mean?

economy means "the system of production and distribution and consumption". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in economy?

economy has 4 syllables: e-co-no-my. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ɪˈkɑnəmi/.

What is another word for economy?

Close synonyms include economic system, thriftiness, saving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is economy a common word?

economy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.