Hypernym

noun

any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth

inflation 1

noundomain: natural proc.

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a general and progressive increase in prices

Examples

1.in inflation everything gets more valuable except money

Synonyms

rising prices 1
a general and progressive increase in prices

Antonym

deflation 2

noun

a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices

disinflation 1

noun

a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments

Derivationally related form

inflationary 1

adjective

associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation

inflate 4

verb

increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

inflate 3

verb

cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

Hyponym

cost-pull inflation 1

noun

inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production

demand-pull inflation 1

noun

inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money

reflation 1

noun

inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state

stagflation 1

noun

a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)

hyperinflation 1

noun

extremely high inflation that occurs when a country experiences very high and usually accelerating rates of inflation, rapidly eroding the real value of the local currency, and causing the population to minimize their holdings of the local money.