[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

economic \e`conom"ic\ ?; 277, economical \e`conom"ical\, a.
   f. 'economique, l. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, gr. ?
   economical. see economy.
   1. pertaining to the household; domestic. "in this economical
      misfortune of ill-assorted matrimony." --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. relating to domestic economy, or to the management of
      household affairs.
      1913 webster

            and doth employ her economic art
            and busy care, her household to preserve. --sir j.
                                                  davies.
      1913 webster

   3. managing with frugality; guarding against waste or
      unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and
      in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
      1913 webster

            just rich enough, with economic care,
            to save a pittance.                   --harte.
      1913 webster

   4. managed with frugality; not marked with waste or
      extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or
      resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of
      acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time;
      an economic use of home heating oil. wordnet sense 3
      1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

   5. of or pertaining to the national or regional economy;
      relating to political economy; relating to the means of
      living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating
      to the production or consumption of goods and services of
      a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic
      purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn.
      1913 webster

            these matters economical and political. --j. c.
                                                  shairp.
      1913 webster

            there was no economical distress in england to
            prompt the enterprises of colonization. --palfrey.
      1913 webster

            economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes,
            lands, and the employment of the people. --h. c.
                                                  baird.
      1913 webster

   6. regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
      --grew.
      1913 webster

   7. of or pertaining to economics. economic theory
      wordnet 1.5

   8. profitable. opposite of uneconomic. wordnet sense 4
      wordnet 1.5 +pjc

   9. avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. opposite of
      wasteful.

   syn: frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty.
        wordnet 1.5

   note: economical is the usual form when meaning frugal,
         saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning
         pertaining to the management of a household, or of
         public affairs.
         1913 webster
see also:
economy uneconomic wasteful 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

economic
     adj 1: of or relating to an economy, the system of production and
            management of material wealth; "economic growth";
            "aspects of social, political, and economical life"
            syn: economical
     2: of or relating to the science of economics; "economic
        theory"
     3: concerned with worldly necessities of life especially
        money; "he wrote the book primarily for economic
        reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons";
        "in economic terms they are very privileged"
     4: financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep
        the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to
        make it economic to continue the service"
     5: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for
        effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a
        modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of
        her time" syn: economical
see also:
economical 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "economic":
   scotch, budget, budgetary, canny, careful, chary, cheap,
   cheeseparing, commercial, conserving, easy, economizing, economy,
   financial, fiscal, forehanded, frugal, inexpensive, labor-saving,
   low, low-priced, manageable, mercantile, moderate, modest,
   monetary, money-saving, nominal, parsimonious, pecuniary,
   penny-wise, politico-economic, productive, profitable, provident,
   prudent, prudential, reasonable, remunerative, saving, scrimping,
   sensible, shabby, shoddy, skimping, socio-economic, solvent, spare,
   sparing, thrifty, time-saving, token, trade, unexpensive,
   unwasteful, within means, worth the money

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