economy

economy

noun

Definition of ECONOMY

careful management of material resources <people on fixed incomes are used to practicing economy>

Synonyms frugality, husbandry, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

Related Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Near Antonyms extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering

Antonyms diseconomy, wastefulness