What is another word for depression?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪpɹˈɛʃən], [ dɪpɹˈɛʃən], [ d_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]
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Similar words for depression:
- act (noun)
- affliction (noun)
- angst (noun)
- baby blues (noun)
- basin (noun)
- boredom (noun)
- cavity (noun)
- chuckhole (noun)
- concavity (noun)
- concavity, cavity (noun)
- crater (noun)
- decline (noun)
- decrease (noun)
- dejection (noun)
- demoralization (noun)
- depression (noun)
- desperation (noun)
- despondence (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- dimple (noun)
- dint (noun)
- disaster (noun)
- discontent (noun)
- discouragement (noun)
- downheartedness (noun)
- dreariness (noun)
- economic decline (noun)
- emergency (noun)
- emotional disorder (noun)
- ennui (noun)
- feelings (noun)
- glumness (noun)
- grief (noun)
- groove (noun)
- hate (noun)
- heartache (noun)
- heavy-heartedness (noun)
- hole (noun)
- hopelessness (noun)
- impression (noun)
- inaction (noun)
- indentation (noun)
- low spirits; despair (noun)
- low-pressure (noun)
- mental exhaustion (noun)
- mental illness (noun)
- misery (noun)
- mold (noun)
- mood (noun)
- mournfulness (noun)
- nervous breakdown (noun)
- panic (noun)
- pessimism (noun)
- prostration (noun)
- recess (noun)
- recession (noun)
- slump (noun)
- sorrow (noun)
- state of mind (noun)
- valley (noun)
- weariness (noun)
- well (noun)
- wrinkle (noun)
- abyss
- catastrophe
- channel
- commerce
- despondency
- disheartenment
- ditch
- indentation
- low-pressure
- melancholy
- misery
- omphalos
- sorrow
- the Depression
- the Great Depression
- uneasiness
- vale
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Depression:
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- sink .
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- Agronomics ,
- convex .
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- rich .
- dis ease ,
- dis eases ,
- dis order ,
- dis orders ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-ease ,
- dis-eases ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-orders ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-fortune ,
- mis-fortunes .
- mid life crisi ,
- mid life crisis ,
- mid-life crisi ,
- midlife crisi ,
- mis giving ,
- mis-giving ,
- un easiness ,
- un easinesses ,
- un-easiness ,
- un-easinesses ,
- weltschmerzes .
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de scent ,
- de scents ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-scent ,
- de-scents ,
- downtrends ,
- drop offs ,
- drop-offs ,
- fall offs ,
- fall-offs ,
- falloffs ,
- in cline ,
- in clines ,
- in-cline ,
- in-clines .
- anxiety ,
- blues ,
- contemplativeness ,
- dolorousness ,
- grimness ,
- moodiness ,
- plaintiveness ,
- sadness ,
- sullenness ,
- wistfulness ,
- woefulness .
- attenuation ,
- debasement ,
- depressive disorder ,
- diminution ,
- economic crisis ,
- imprint ,
- low ,
- lowering ,
- natural depression ,
- sinking .
- de solation ,
- de solations ,
- de-solation ,
- de-solations ,
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis traction ,
- dis tractions ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforts ,
- dis-traction ,
- dis-tractions ,
- disconsolatenesses ,
- un happiness ,
- un happinesses ,
- un-happiness ,
- un-happinesses .
- dint .
- act god ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- fell strokes ,
- hard lucks ,
- ill lucks ,
- mis adventure ,
- mis adventures ,
- mis chance ,
- mis chances ,
- mis-adventure ,
- mis-adventures ,
- mis-chance ,
- mis-chances ,
- re verse ,
- re-verse ,
- the worsts ,
- un doing ,
- un doings ,
- un-doing ,
- un-doings ,
- up sets ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets .
- dis appointment ,
- dis appointments ,
- dis may ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-appointment ,
- dis-appointments ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mays ,
- loss confidence ,
- low spirit .
- forlornnesses ,
- low spiritedness ,
- low spiritednesses ,
- low-spiritednesses ,
- lowspiritedness ,
- lowspiritednesses .
- boringnesses ,
- colorlessnesses ,
- in sipidities ,
- in sipidity ,
- in-sipidities ,
- in-sipidity ,
- joylessnesses .
- bad times ,
- bankruptcy ,
- bear market ,
- big trouble ,
- bottom out ,
- bust ,
- crash ,
- crisis ,
- dislocation ,
- drop ,
- failure ,
- hard times ,
- inactivity ,
- overproduction ,
- paralysis ,
- rainy days ,
- retrenchment ,
- slide ,
- slowness ,
- unemployment .
- dis satisfaction ,
- dis satisfactions ,
- dis-satisfaction ,
- dis-satisfactions ,
- lack interest ,
- spiritlessnesses .
- be moaning ,
- be wailing ,
- be-moaning ,
- be-wailing ,
- bemoanings ,
- bewailings ,
- deplorings ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quiets ,
- in felicities ,
- in felicity ,
- in-felicities ,
- in-felicity ,
- lamentings ,
- re morse ,
- re morses ,
- re pining ,
- re-morse ,
- re-morses ,
- re-pining ,
- repinings .
- abandonment ,
- anguish ,
- bleakness ,
- despair ,
- desperation ,
- despondency ,
- heartlessness ,
- hopelessness ,
- melancholy ,
- moroseness .
- Abjectness ,
- Disconsolation ,
- abasement ,
- bummer ,
- desolation ,
- dole ,
- dolor ,
- lugubriosity ,
- mortification ,
- qualm ,
- trouble ,
- worry .
- Mental Disorders ,
- Neurotic Disorder ,
- Neurotic Disorders ,
- Paranoias ,
- Personality Disorders ,
- Psychoses ,
- Schizophrenias ,
- disturbed mind ,
- emotional disorder ,
- emotional instability ,
- loss of mind ,
- maladjustment ,
- maladjustments ,
- mental disease ,
- mental sickness ,
- nervous disorder ,
- paranoia ,
- personality disorder ,
- psychopathy ,
- psychosis ,
- schizophrenia ,
- sick mind ,
- troubled mind ,
- unbalanced mind ,
- unsoundness of mind .
- de sire ,
- de sires ,
- de-sire ,
- de-sires ,
- dis position ,
- dis positions ,
- dis-position ,
- dis-positions ,
- frame mind ,
- high spiritses .
- burnouts ,
- clinical depressions ,
- emotional collapses ,
- mental collapses ,
- nervous exhaustions ,
- nervous prostrations ,
- nervous-breakdown ,
- neurasthenias ,
- shattered nerve .
- dark sides ,
- dim views ,
- dis trust ,
- dis trusts ,
- dis-trust ,
- dis-trusts ,
- expectation worst ,
- gloominesses ,
- gloomy outlooks .
- mood .
Other synonyms:
- NDP ,
- NNP ,
- air pressure ,
- anticyclone ,
- atmospheric pressure ,
- austerity ,
- boom and bust ,
- brushstroke ,
- cavity ,
- cold front ,
- consumer confidence ,
- credit crunch ,
- darkness ,
- death wish ,
- deflation ,
- disappointment ,
- discontent ,
- disenchantment ,
- disillusionment ,
- disinflation ,
- dissatisfaction ,
- doldrums ,
- dolefulness ,
- downswing ,
- downturn ,
- dullness ,
- dysphoria ,
- economic cycle ,
- economic indicator ,
- footmark ,
- gdp ,
- global economy ,
- globalisation ,
- globalization ,
- gnp ,
- grief ,
- gross domestic product ,
- gross national product ,
- heartache ,
- heartbreak ,
- heavy-heartedness ,
- hyperinflation ,
- inflation ,
- inflationary spiral ,
- isobar ,
- leading economic indicator ,
- market forces ,
- mold ,
- money supply ,
- mourning ,
- national debt ,
- national income ,
- national product ,
- net domestic product ,
- net national product ,
- overheat ,
- political economy ,
- poverty line ,
- poverty trap ,
- quantitative easing ,
- reduction ,
- reflate ,
- regret ,
- remorse ,
- ridge ,
- self-pity ,
- sinkhole ,
- slough ,
- smart growth ,
- sorrow ,
- stagflation ,
- stagnation ,
- supply and demand ,
- the First World ,
- the Gulf Stream ,
- the North Atlantic Drift ,
- the purse strings ,
- trough ,
- turndown ,
- warm front ,
- wealth creation ,
- woe ,
- world economy ,
- wrapper ,
- wrench ,
- zero growth .
- track .
- Economist ,
- agony ,
- buoyancy ,
- despondence ,
- difficulty ,
- dimple ,
- dollar ,
- dumps ,
- finance ,
- gloom ,
- hurt ,
- oppression ,
- peck ,
- recession ,
- rejection ,
- sector ,
- upset .
- ache ,
- basin ,
- capitalist ,
- dip ,
- distress ,
- economy ,
- frontal ,
- indent ,
- industry ,
- pain ,
- panic ,
- sickness .
- front .
Other relevant words:
• abyss
- pit .
- dent .
- APSES ,
- Antra ,
- Bursae ,
- Cross-road ,
- Dyspepsias ,
- Foramina ,
- Infelicities ,
- LOWS ,
- Melancholias ,
- Morbidities ,
- Postpartum Depression ,
- WOMBS ,
- abjection ,
- affliction ,
- angst ,
- antrum ,
- anvil chorus ,
- apse ,
- baby blues ,
- bad period ,
- blahs ,
- blue funk ,
- boringness ,
- broken heart ,
- burnout ,
- bursa ,
- caldera ,
- caries ,
- carrel ,
- carrels ,
- catatonia ,
- cheerlessness ,
- clinical depression ,
- colorlessness ,
- coverts ,
- crackup ,
- crackups ,
- crater ,
- cross-roads ,
- dark side ,
- decline ,
- decrease ,
- dejection ,
- dim view ,
- disconsolateness ,
- discouragement ,
- disheartenment ,
- disheartenments ,
- dismals ,
- dispiritedness ,
- downheartedn ,
- downheartedness ,
- downtrend ,
- dreariness ,
- drop-off ,
- dyspepsia ,
- earthwork ,
- earthworks ,
- embrasure ,
- embrasures ,
- emergency ,
- emotional collapse ,
- entrenchment ,
- entrenchments ,
- expectation of worst ,
- eyelet ,
- eyelets ,
- fall-off ,
- falling-off ,
- falloff ,
- fell stroke ,
- fiasco ,
- foramen ,
- forlornness ,
- fosse ,
- fosses ,
- foxhole ,
- foxholes ,
- gaps ,
- gloominess ,
- gloomy outlook ,
- glumness ,
- hard luck ,
- head ache ,
- headache ,
- heaviness of heart ,
- heavy heart ,
- heavyheartedness ,
- hiding place ,
- high spirits ,
- ho hum ,
- ho hums ,
- hole ,
- hollow ,
- ill luck ,
- impression ,
- inaction ,
- indentation ,
- infelicity ,
- infirmity ,
- joylessness ,
- keyhole ,
- keyholes ,
- lack of interest ,
- lacuna ,
- lamentation ,
- lifelessness ,
- loss of confidence ,
- low spirits ,
- low-spiritedness ,
- lowerings ,
- lowness ,
- meltdown ,
- meltdowns ,
- mental collapse ,
- mid-life crisis ,
- midlife crisis ,
- milt ,
- milts ,
- misery ,
- misfortunes ,
- morbidity ,
- mournfulness ,
- nervous exhaustion ,
- nervous prostration ,
- neurasthenia ,
- oriel ,
- oriels ,
- peeper ,
- peepers ,
- peephole ,
- penetralia ,
- pensiveness ,
- pessimism ,
- purgatory ,
- recess ,
- roughs ,
- rue ,
- satiety ,
- saturninity ,
- secret place ,
- secret places ,
- settlings ,
- shattered nerves ,
- sinkings ,
- sinus ,
- slump ,
- socket ,
- sockets ,
- spiritlessness ,
- stampings ,
- the blue ,
- the blues ,
- the skids ,
- the worst ,
- tribulation ,
- up set ,
- urgency ,
- washout ,
- waterway ,
- waterways ,
- weepings ,
- well ,
- window ,
- womb ,
- worriment .
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How to use "Depression" in context?
Depression is a serious mental illness that can severely affect a person's quality of life. Depression is defined as a mood disorder characterized by a persistent low mood, a feeling of sadness, hopelessness, and decreased interest in activities that used to be enjoyable. Symptoms can range from mild to severe, and can last for weeks, months, or even years.
There is no one cause of depression, but it is believed to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The causes of depression can also vary from person to person.
Paraphrases for Depression:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
recession.
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Noun, singular or mass
recession.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
trough.
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Noun, singular or mass
trough.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
breakdown, bust, compression, deflection, depletion, deterioration, diminution, dip, erosion, lowering, reduction, suppression, weakening.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
depressive, frustration, stagnation.
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Noun, singular or mass
decrease, depressant, depressive, despair, disappointment, doldrums, downturn, frustration, slowdown, sluggishness, stagnation, storm.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Depression:
Hyponym for Depression:
n.
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feeling
unhappiness, sadness.
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linkdef
angular position.
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feeling
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