economist

B2 Topic:Economics & Markets

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

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

*weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European économiste Middle French

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Topics

Economics & Markets Money & Finance

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# 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
- Economics & Markets
- Money & Finance

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