Definition for Deflation:

• a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices

Synonyms for Deflation:

• n.

  •
  • buoyancy,
  • Agronomics,
  • capitalist,
  • boom.
  •act (noun)
  • deflation.
  •comedown (noun)
  • humiliation,
  • flop,
  • reverse,
  • setback,
  • fall,
  • crash,
  • discomfiture,
  • undoing,
  • down,
  • failure,
  • descent,
  • dive,
  • comeuppance,
  • disappointment,
  • wreck,
  • anticlimax,
  • demotion,
  • downfall,
  • blow,
  • collapse,
  • ruin,
  • decline,
  • defeat.
  •contraction (noun)
  • tensing,
  • cutting down,
  • diminishing,
  • abbreviation,
  • lessening,
  • curtailment,
  • dwindling,
  • abridgment,
  • confining,
  • Shrivelling,
  • condensation,
  • condensing,
  • Curtailing,
  • abridgement,
  • reduction,
  • diminution,
  • Evaporating,
  • constriction,
  • narrowing,
  • decrease,
  • shrinking,
  • Omitting,
  • drawing together,
  • confinement,
  • receding,
  • Lopping,
  • evaporation,
  • reducing,
  • tightening,
  • omission,
  • decreasing,
  • compression,
  • deflating,
  • withdrawal,
  • Abbreviating,
  • shrinkage,
  • Abridging,
  • elision,
  • withdrawing,
  • compaction.
  •decrease (noun)
  • concentration,
  • truncation,
  • depletion,
  • decrement,
  • Diminishment,
  • erosion,
  • deduction.
  •depression (noun)
  • inactivity,
  • unemployment,
  • crisis,
  • bottom out,
  • sag,
  • retrenchment,
  • hard time,
  • retrenchments,
  • slide,
  • big trouble,
  • paralysis,
  • bad times,
  • over-production,
  • slowness,
  • bust,
  • bear market,
  • drop,
  • hard times,
  • rainy days,
  • Paralyses,
  • panic,
  • bankruptcy,
  • dislocation,
  • overproduction.
  •recession (noun)
  • bottom-out,
  • shakeouts,
  • shakeout.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • poverty line,
  • NNP,
  • stagnation,
  • stagflation,
  • consumer confidence,
  • quantitative easing,
  • world economy,
  • national income,
  • downturn,
  • reflate,
  • gdp,
  • globalisation,
  • political economy,
  • net national product,
  • supply and demand,
  • hyperinflation,
  • globalization,
  • wealth creation,
  • market forces,
  • the First World,
  • national product,
  • zero growth,
  • economic indicator,
  • smart growth,
  • uptrend,
  • overheat,
  • money supply,
  • wrapper,
  • net domestic product,
  • NDP,
  • gnp,
  • credit crunch,
  • boom and bust,
  • inflation,
  • gross national product,
  • gross domestic product,
  • national debt,
  • poverty trap,
  • downswing,
  • turndown,
  • inflationary spiral,
  • economic cycle,
  • austerity,
  • the purse strings,
  • leading economic indicator,
  • global economy.
  •
  • finance,
  • Economist,
  • sector,
  • dollar.
  •
  • slump,
  • sickness,
  • industry.
  •
  • growth,
  • economy.
  •commerce
  • economics.

Paraphrases for Deflation:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inflation, downturn, retrenchment, austerity, tightening.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    contraction, shrinkage.

Antonyms for Deflation:

• n.

  • act
    inflation.
  • comedown
    creation, achievement, boost, attainment, fortune, rise, ascent, improvement, boon, promotion, success, elevation, win, building, good fortune, accomplishment, triumph, increase.
  • contraction
    lengthening, dilation, stretch, spread, extension, expansion, enlargement, amplification, opening.
  • depression
    recovery, cheerfulness, hope, calm, hopefulness, bulge, happiness, surge, encouragement, convexity, protuberance.
  • process
    disinflation.
  • recession
    advance.
  • Other antonyms:
    rising prices.

Homophones for Deflation:

• depopulation, default on, dipladenia, double-team, double time, depilation, defoliation, diplotene, depletion, devaluation, duple time, devolution, debilitation, doubleton.

Hyponym for Deflation:

• n.

  • act
    diminution, step-down, reduction, decrease.
  • process
    eroding, erosion, wearing away, economic process, wearing, eating away.