Inflationary

adj

adj ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing or liable to cause inflation.

    "The rapid influx of precious metals from the new mines had an inflationary effect on the specie based economy."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to inflation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cutthroatdilatantdistensiveelasticexactingexcessive

Example

More examples

"When a currency depreciates, that has an inflationary effect on the economy of the country of the currency."

Etymology

From inflation + -ary.

Related phrases

anti-inflationaryinflationary spiral

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