The fiscal austerity may lead to an overkill of the economy.
Source: tatoeba (18789)
Austerity
/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/
Synonyms for "austerity" (168 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (34)
abstinencealbigensianismanchoritic monasticismanchoritismasceticismasperityastringencyausterity programauthoritarianismbaldnessbarenesscandorcanninesscarecarefulnesscatharismcharinesscommon speechdemandingnessdirectness
Show 10 more words
disciplineeconomic planningeconomicalnesseconomyeconomy of meanseremitismexactingnessexiguityexiguousnessfalse economy
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (50)
fastingflagellationforehandednessfranciscanismfranknessfrugalityfrugalnessgood managementgrimnesshardnesshardshipharshnesshomespunhousehold wordshusbandryinclemencyinornatenessjejunenessjejunityleanness
Show 21 more words
lenten faremacerationmanagementmatter-of-factnessmeagernessmeannessmendicantismmeticulousnessmiserlinessmonachismmonasticismmortificationnarrownessnaturalnessniggardlinessopennesspaltrinessparsimoniousnessparsimonyplain englishplain speaking
Noun(9 words)
fiscal restraintforbiddingfrugalitygauntnesshumorlessnessmore unornamentedmost unadornedmost unembellishednonindulgence
Related words (84)
plain speechplain styleplain wordsplainnessprosaicnessprosinessprovidenceprudenceprudential administrationpuninesspuritanismregimentationrestrainednessrigid disciplinerigorroughnessruggednessrustic stylesabbatarianismscantiness
Show 47 more words
scantnessscrawninessscrimpinessself-denialself-mortificationseveritysimplenesssimplicityskimpinessslendernessslightnessslim pickingsslimnesssmallnesssobernesssparenesssparingnessspartan simplicityspartanismstarknesssternnessstinginessstoicismstraightforwardnessstrictnessstringencytemperancethinnessthriftthriftinesstight purse stringstoughnesstrappismunadorned styleunadornednessunaffectednessunelaboratenessunfancinessunfussinessungentlenessunimaginativenessunpoeticalnessunwastefulnessvernacularvoluntary povertywaldensianismyoga
Noun(15 words)
plainnessretrenchmentscantingseverenessseveritysimple livingspartanizationspartanizingspending cutsspending reductionssternnessthriftundecoratednessunembellishmentunsculpting
Adjective(2 words)
spartan urbanismunornamented simplicity
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entrieseconomic conditioneconomic policyfinancial disciplinemannerpublic policyself-denialself-disciplinestyle
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
5 entriesausterity measuresausterity programeconomic austerityfiscal austerityspending cuts
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Fiscal austerity is considered to be an answer to the rampant inflation.
Source: tatoeba (238488)
What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
Source: tatoeba (273843)
The austerity measures that many city governments have implemented are hugely unpopular.
Source: tatoeba (662996)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.