economist

noun

econ·​o·​mist i-ˈkä-nə-mist 

1

archaic : one who practices economy

2

: a specialist in economics

Examples of economist in a Sentence

Economists are predicting rapid inflation.

Recent Examples on the Web

Karen Young of the Columbia University Center on Global Energy, who's also a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, and Diane Swonk, the chief economist and managing director at accounting firm KPMG. —ABC News, 3 May 2026

Kyle Anderson, an economist at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, said the gas tax holiday was more of a political move than an economic move. —Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026

On Wednesday morning, economists polled by FactSet expect ADP to show job gains of 95,000 in April. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 May 2026

Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok applied it to the AI age, predicting that AI adoption will beget more jobs, not fewer. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle French oeconome, iconome "manager of a household" (borrowed from Medieval Latin oeconomus, going back to Late Latin, "administrator, manager," borrowed from Greek oikonómos "manager of a household, steward") + -ist entry 1 — more at economy entry 1

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for economist

• agronomist