ricardo

1. 1.

   English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823)

   SynonymsDavid Ricardo

   Broadereconomist

Other forms of ricardo

plural

ricardoes·

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 ricardo

What does ricardo mean?

ricardo means "English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823)".

How many syllables are in ricardo?

ricardo has 3 syllables: ri-car-do. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/.

What is another word for ricardo?

Close synonyms include David Ricardo. 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 ricardo a common word?

ricardo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.