economists
- 1Plural of economist.
Leading economists warned that the new policy could slow growth.
The bank employs economists to forecast interest rate movements.
Note
A regular plural, made the ordinary way with -s on a singular that joins economy to the agent suffix -ist. Today it almost always names experts who study economic data or propose theories. Older writing is a different matter: there the plural can mean careful managers of a household, or people who spend money, time and labor without waste. Both senses are now obsolete, so watch for them in older texts.
economists is a form of economist
economist, noun: An expert in economics who studies economic data and draws out broader conclusions or proposes theories. Full entry
- Forms
- economisteconomists plural
- Spelling
- economist → economists: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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