Economic definition
Economic is an adjective meaning "of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth." It has 5 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Syllables
- 4
- Letters
- 8
- How common
- Everyday word
Economic as an adjective
of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
"economic growth"
Same sense: economical
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"
Same sense: economical
concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
"he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"
financially rewarding
"it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"
Synonyms and antonyms
- economical
How to say economic
Economic has 4 syllables and rhymes with comic. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with economic
- comic
- atomic
- socioeconomic
- macroeconomic
- balsamic
- autonomic
- ergonomic
- subatomic
- anatomic
- gastronomic
- uneconomic
- microeconomic
ECONOMIC in word games
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Anagrams
- 0
Is ECONOMIC a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check ECONOMIC in the word checker, or unscramble ECONOMIC to see the shorter words in its letters.
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