Dictionary

economist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ɪˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /əˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ (New-Zealand)
• /iˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /iːˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪˈkɔn.ə.mɪst/ (Australia)
• [əˈkɔ̟n.ə.mɪst] (New-Zealand)
• /əˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
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Etymology

From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist.

Meanings

1. An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
   • 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 scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
   • The formula, which AEI economists said had “no foundation in either economic theory or trade law,” instead wrongly incorporated the elasticity for retail prices. […] However, certainty is anything but a sure thing these days, and the bread-and-butter of the US economy might not go unscathed, said RSM economist Brusuelas. 2025 April 9, Alicia Wallace, “The next round of Trump’s tariffs could hurt even more. Here’s what to expect”, in CNN Business:
2. One concerned with political economy.
3. (obsolete) One who manages a household.
4. (obsolete) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.

Forms

Deriveds

neuroeconomist · thermoeconomist · bioeconomist · pharmacoeconomist · noneconomist · behavioral economist · planned economist · geoeconomist · microeconomist · socioeconomist · macroeconomist · political economist

Relateds

economy

Synonyms

economiser (one who economizes) · miser (one who economizes) · economizer (one who economizes)

Translations (69)

kmr aborînas (expert in economics) · ja エコノミスト (expert in economics) · ko 경제학자 (expert in economics) · eo ekonomikisto (expert in economics) · ca economista (expert in economics) · ga geilleagraí (expert in economics) · eu ekonomista (expert in economics) · sw mchumi (expert in economics) · da økonom (expert in economics) · el οικονομολόγος (expert in economics) · ur اقتصادیات دان (expert in economics) · eu ekonomialari (expert in economics) · vi nhà kinh tế học (expert in economics) · id ekonom (expert in economics) · ur ماہر اقتصادیات (expert in economics) · fi ekonomisti (expert in economics) · de Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (expert in economics) · mn ᠡᠳ᠋ ᠦᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭᠴᠢ (expert in economics) · cy economegydd (expert in economics) · it economista (expert in economics) · sah экэнэмиис (expert in economics) · fa اقتصاددان (expert in economics) · tg иқтисоддон (expert in economics) · lv ekonomists (expert in economics) · mi mātanga ōhanga (expert in economics) · fi taloustieteilijä (expert in economics) · nb økonom (expert in economics) · ka ეკონომისტი (expert in economics) · et majandusteadlane (expert in economics) · kw erbysydh (expert in economics) · gl economista (expert in economics) · uk економі́стка (expert in economics) · nl econoom (expert in economics) · nn økonom (expert in economics) · tr iktisatçı (expert in economics) · sh ekonomista (expert in economics) · ur ماہر معاشیات (expert in economics) · ar اِقْتِصَادِيّ (expert in economics) · de Volkswirt (expert in economics) · hu közgazdász (expert in economics) · ja 経済学者 (expert in economics) · kw erbysydhes (expert in economics) · th นักเศรษฐศาสตร์ (expert in economics) · pt economista (expert in economics) · az iqtisadçı (expert in economics) · pl ekonomistka (expert in economics) · mi kaiahupūtea (expert in economics) · tr ekonomist (expert in economics) · lv ekonomiste (expert in economics) · sv ekonom (expert in economics) · fr économiste (expert in economics) · ru экономи́стка (expert in economics) · af ekonoom (expert in economics) · mn эдийн засагч (expert in economics) · tl dalub-agimat (expert in economics) · de Ökonom (expert in economics) · ur معاشیات دان (expert in economics) · cs ekonom (expert in economics) · ru экономи́ст (expert in economics) · de Volkswirtschaftler (expert in economics) · uk економі́ст (expert in economics) · hy տնտեսագետ (expert in economics) · tk ykdysatçy (expert in economics) · ug ئىقتىسادچى (expert in economics) · uz iqtisodchi (expert in economics) · pl ekonomista (expert in economics) · cmn 經濟學家 /经济学家 (expert in economics) · es economista (expert in economics) · ga eacnamaí (expert in economics)