economist B2 Topic:Work & Careers US /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ UK /ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #26622 Meanings 1 noun An expert in economics who studies how money, trade, and industry work. Several economists predicted that prices would continue to rise. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an expert in economics who... economic expert Word family Forms economists Derived forms bioeconomistgeoeconomistmacroeconomistmicroeconomistneuroeconomistnoneconomistpharmacoeconomistsocioeconomistthermoeconomist Related forms economy Etymology AI details From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist. *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European économiste Middle French View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # economist **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 26622 ## Meanings 1. An expert in economics who studies how money, trade, and industry work. ## Examples - Several economists predicted that prices would continue to rise. ## Derived Forms - bioeconomist - geoeconomist - macroeconomist - microeconomist - neuroeconomist - noneconomist - pharmacoeconomist - socioeconomist - thermoeconomist ## Related Forms - economy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *weyḱ- - Root: économiste ## Etymology From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist. ## AI Etymology Economist comes from Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist. In current use, the main sense is “An expert in economics who studies how money, trade, and industry work”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown