Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun economic_crisis

1 sense of economic crisis

Sense 1
depression, slump, economic crisis -- (a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment)
       => economic condition -- (the condition of the economy)
       => crisis -- (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis")