Definition for Stagnant:

• Not flowing; stale or foul from standing; not brisk or active; dull; sluggish.

Synonyms for Stagnant:

• adj.

  •airless (adjective)
  • stifling.
  •all (adjective)
  • stagnant.
  •close (adjective)
  • stale-smelling,
  • unventilated,
  • sweltry,
  • choky,
  • muggy.
  •dead (adjective)
  • insipid,
  • inert,
  • wearied,
  • inoperable,
  • anesthetized,
  • sterile.
  •dull (adjective)
  • yawner,
  • draggy,
  • without incident,
  • Impassible,
  • lumpy.
  •fusty (adjective)
  • frowsty,
  • stinkiest,
  • mildewy,
  • stinky,
  • fusty.
  •quiescent (adjective)
  • more deactivated,
  • most slumbering,
  • most deactivated,
  • more slumbering,
  • de activated.
  •quiet (adjective)
  • Quieter,
  • unexcited,
  • unanxious,
  • quietest,
  • pacific.
  •slack (adjective)
  • easy going,
  • asleep on job,
  • easy-going,
  • slow-moving,
  • behindhand,
  • not busy,
  • asleep on the job.
  •slow (adjective)
  • slowest,
  • long-delayed,
  • unpunctual,
  • slow-going,
  • long delayed,
  • gradual,
  • impeded,
  • snaillike,
  • tortoiselike,
  • slow-paced,
  • slow-footed,
  • time-consuming.
  •slow-footed (adjective)
  • slow footed,
  • slowfooted.
  •slow-going (adjective)
  • slow going.
  •slow-paced (adjective)
  • slow paced,
  • slowpaced.
  •sluggish (adjective)
  • laidback,
  • lumpish,
  • more sleepyheaded,
  • sluggard,
  • pokey,
  • most sluggard,
  • most sleepyheaded,
  • mooneyer,
  • mooneyest,
  • more sluggard.
  •stale (adjective)
  • most zestless,
  • more zestless,
  • stenchier,
  • stenchiest.
  •static (adjective)
  • more unfluctuating,
  • un-varying,
  • most unfluctuating,
  • un-changing,
  • stabile,
  • most stabile,
  • more gridlocked,
  • un changing,
  • most format,
  • more stabile,
  • standing still,
  • un fluctuating,
  • un varying,
  • un-fluctuating,
  • most gridlocked,
  • more format.
  •stationary (adjective)
  • most moored,
  • Moored,
  • more moored.
  •still (adjective)
  • most hushful,
  • close mouthed,
  • un-stirring,
  • more unstirring,
  • more hushful,
  • whistest,
  • whister,
  • most unstirring,
  • un stirring,
  • unstirring.
  •stock-still (adjective)
  • stockstill,
  • stock still.
  •stuporous (adjective)
  • stuporous.
  •torpid (adjective)
  • be numbed,
  • be-numbed.

• n.

  •
  • slowly,
  • backward,
  • stagnation,
  • underdeveloped.
  •
  • fresh,
  • choppy,
  • fluvial,
  • heavy,
  • freshwater,
  • high,
  • deep-sea,
  • briny,
  • coastal.
  •adynamic (noun)
  • adynamic.
  •filthy (noun)
  • filthy,
  • dirty,
  • foul,
  • putrid.
  •stagnant (noun)
  • undynamic,
  • moribund,
  • standing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • latent,
  • latency,
  • stunted,
  • stop-go.
  •
  • vegetable.
  •
  • dull.

Paraphrases for Stagnant:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Stagnating.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    static, flat, stable, unchanged, still, frozen, stationary, steady, constant.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sluggish, deadlocked, depressed.

Antonyms for Stagnant:

• adj.

  • motionless, dirty
    mobile, alert, lively, spirited, moving, working, energetic, active, busy.
  • Other antonyms:
    running, dynamic, dynamical.

Stagnant Sentence Examples:

• Stagnant water covered with green scum lay in the holes whence clay had been dug, while other holes were full of liquid mud.

• Where her body fell, when dead, the waters Rush'd and formed a lake both still and stagnant.

Homophones for Stagnant:

• staghound, schistosomatidae, stigmata, stagehand, soi-disant, sweet-scented, stockinette, stagnate, sticky end, stockinet.