Definition for Paralysis:

• loss of the ability to move a body part

Synonyms for Paralysis:

• n.

  •
  • disability,
  • accessible,
  • Developmental Disability,
  • disablement,
  • ataxia,
  • the blind,
  • disabled,
  • Challenged,
  • handicap,
  • dumb.
  •
  • obstruction,
  • retardation,
  • sabotage,
  • interruption,
  • proscription,
  • frustration.
  •depression (noun)
  • dislocation,
  • sag,
  • crash,
  • panic,
  • stagflation,
  • inflation,
  • recession,
  • downturn,
  • bottom out,
  • deflation,
  • failure,
  • deflations,
  • retrenchment,
  • rainy days,
  • inactivity,
  • slump,
  • unemployment,
  • crisis,
  • bad times,
  • hard times,
  • bankruptcy,
  • slide,
  • bear market,
  • overproduction,
  • Paralyses,
  • drop,
  • stagnation,
  • slowness,
  • big trouble,
  • hard time,
  • over-production,
  • bust,
  • retrenchments.
  •palsy (noun)
  • palsy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prevention.
  •
  • discouragement,
  • inhibition.
  •
  • stoppage.

Paraphrases for Paralysis:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    palsy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    palsy.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inertia, powerlessness, collapse, stasis, inaction, breakdown.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    polio.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    immobility, standstill, stagnation, stalemate, gridlock, deadlock, impasse, poliomyelitis, impotence, logjam, polio.

Antonyms for Paralysis:

• n.

  • depression
    convexity, hopefulness, recovery, bulge, hope, increase, encouragement, protuberance, rise, surge, success, happiness, calm, cheerfulness.
  • inertia
    activity, moving, life, liveliness, busyness, animation, action.
  • Other antonyms:
    motility, sensation, mobility.

Paralysis Sentence Examples:

• Granted the will, the courage, the discipline, and it was possible, yes, easy, for them to have obliged the railroads to raise the wages of every engineer in the brotherhood to $ 10. 00 per day, for on a refusal they could have enforced the extreme penalty of bringing down a total paralysis upon the business of the country.

• In the same way it must be considered whether the condition of the muscular system is such as to permit the manual work which one wants to teach the child, and whether there exists any paralysis or tremor which would prove an obstacle to work of this kind.