economic

Syllables: eco·nom·ic/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk//ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/

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economic adjective: pertaining to an economy.

Adjective

economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

Pertaining to an economy.
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is...2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023
- There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About, archived from the original on 20 May 2022
Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.

Synonyms:

penny-pinching, thrifty, bargainous, low-cost, abstemious, canny, chary, moderate, cheap, close with a buck
Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
(obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
- And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve1714 [1599], John Davies, edited by Nahum Tate, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul, 2nd edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64

Noun

economic (countable and uncountable, plural economics)

(obsolete, uncountable) The art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.

Synonyms:

economics, home economics
(obsolete, rare) One who is skilled in household management.
(historical, obsolete) One who manages the income of a vacant benefice.

economic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

economic in Hindi

pertaining to an economy: आर्थिक ārthik

economic in Tamil

சிக்கனமான, சிக்கனம், செட்டான, பொருளியல் சார்ந்த, பொருளாதாரச் செட்டு

economic in Urdu

pertaining to an economy: مُعاشی mu'āśī, اِقْتِصادی iqtisādī

economic in Bengali

pertaining to an economy: আর্থিক arthik

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economic in Malayalam: സാമ്പത്തിക sāmpattika
economic in Kannada: ಆರ್ಥಿಕ, ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ, ಅರ್ಥಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಲಾಭಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸುವ
economic in Punjabi: اقتصادی īqtiṣādī, ਆਰਥਿਕ ārthik
economic in Pashto: وټه ييز wëṭa yiz, اقتصادي eqtesādi
economic in Tagalog: agimatin
economic in Arabic: اِقْتِصَادِيّ iqtiṣādiyy
economic in Malay: ekonomi
economic in Persian: اقتصادی eqtesâdi
economic in Thai: เศรษฐกิจ sèet-tà-gìt
economic in Vietnamese: kinh tế
economic in Myanmar: စီးပွားရေး ci:pwa:re:

Examples of economic in a sentence

The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
I explained enough for her to understand the issue: there wasn't enough of an economic surplus.
The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.

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Synonyms of economic

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Forms of economic

Adjective
comparative	more economic
superlative	most economic
alternative form	economick
alternative form	œconomic
alternative form	œconomick
Noun
plural	economics

Origin of economic

The noun is derived from Middle English economike, iconomique (“household management”), and then: * from Middle French iconomique, oeconomique, and Old French iconomike (“(noun) household management; person in charge of household management; (adjective) relating to household management; relating to domestic or family matters; relating to management of a state; reducing costs or expenses, economical”) (modern French économique); and * from their etymon Latin oeconomicus (“(noun) household manager, housekeeper, steward; (adjective) relating to orderly arrangement of written material”) (whence Late Latin economicus (“relating to (management of) a household”)), and economica (“household management”), both from Ancient Greek οἰκονομῐκός (oikonomĭkós, “skilled in household management; frugal, thrifty, economical”) (whence Koine Greek οἰκονομῐκός (oikonomĭkós, “relating to orderly arrangement of written material”)); from οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “master of a house; household manager, steward; administrator, manager”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Οἰκονόμος (Oikonómos) is derived from οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling place, house; estate”) (ultimately from...

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Questions about economic

What does economic mean?: Economic means pertaining to an economy.
What is economic in Hindi?: Economic in Hindi is आर्थिक (ārthik). See Economic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is economic?: Economic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce economic?: Economic is pronounced /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/ (UK).

Words near economic in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: economic (page history and authors); economic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); സാമ്പത്തിക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); economic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اقتصادی (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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