What is another word for stagnate?
219 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ staɡnˈe͡ɪt], [ staɡnˈeɪt], [ s_t_a_ɡ_n_ˈeɪ_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for stagnate:- slug (noun)
- stagnate (noun)
- deteriorate (verb)
- deteriorate by lack of action (verb)
- drag (verb)
- rest (verb)
- stagnate (verb)
- stative (verb)
- stifle (verb)
- vegetate (verb)
- veg out (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Definition for Stagnate:
- To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
Synonyms for Stagnate:
n.
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- maintain,
- hold,
- regularize,
- withstand,
- preserve,
- jog along,
- standardize,
- level,
- stabilize.
- slug.
- laze.
v.
•deteriorate (verb) •deteriorate by lack of action (verb)- stultify,
- stand,
- trammel,
- fester,
- stall,
- stand still,
- lie fallow,
- languish,
- not move,
- rust,
- idle,
- decline.
- being delayed,
- de-laying,
- de lay,
- trailing behind,
- being quiescent,
- wast quiescent,
- de lays,
- encountered difficulty,
- are quiescent,
- wast delayed,
- wert quiescent,
- is quiescent,
- lagged behind,
- slowing down,
- limps along,
- is delayed,
- am delayed,
- am quiescent,
- was delayed,
- was quiescent,
- de-lays,
- slows down,
- de laying,
- trailed behind,
- are delayed,
- were quiescent,
- encountering difficulty,
- art delayed,
- art quiescent,
- trails behind,
- de-lay,
- were delayed,
- limping along,
- wert delayed,
- lags behind,
- limped along,
- encounters difficulty.
- pause,
- calm,
- settle down,
- sleep,
- still,
- rest,
- stay,
- subside,
- settle,
- fix,
- quiet,
- tranquilize,
- wait,
- mark time,
- becalm,
- slumber.
- clamped down,
- holding down,
- cracked down,
- puts the lid on,
- re-presses,
- dries up,
- holds down,
- brought screeching halt,
- brings to screeching halt,
- clamps down,
- choking back,
- re pressing,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- clams up,
- re pressed,
- held it down,
- cracking down,
- holding it down,
- brings screeching halt,
- bringing screeching halt,
- choked back,
- chokes back,
- sits on,
- re presses,
- brought to screeching halt,
- putting lid on,
- holds it down,
- re press,
- re-pressing,
- sate on,
- cracks down,
- bring screeching halt.
- de cays,
- went seed,
- passing time,
- go pot,
- art inert,
- passes time,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- went pot,
- going to seed,
- going pot,
- goes pot,
- de cay,
- going to pot,
- went to seed,
- is inert,
- passed time,
- goes to pot,
- goes seed,
- wert inert,
- wast inert,
- are inert,
- being inert,
- were inert,
- going seed,
- was inert,
- go seed,
- went to pot.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- burke,
- burked,
- choke back,
- clam up,
- clamp down,
- constipate,
- constipating,
- corked,
- corking,
- crack down,
- drag,
- dry up,
- drying up,
- hibernate,
- lie dormant,
- slow down,
- stifle,
- torpedo,
- vegetate,
- Burking,
- Idled,
- Inched,
- Inching,
- Loitered,
- Torpedoes,
- Vegetated,
- go to pot,
- cover up,
- constipates,
- marks time,
- covered up,
- covering up,
- covers up,
- torpedoing,
- Burkes,
- sit on,
- veg out,
- put the lid on,
- held down,
- slowed down,
- torpedoed,
- sitting on,
- be delayed,
- be inert,
- be quiescent,
- bring to screeching halt,
- clammed up,
- clamming up,
- clamping down,
- dried up,
- encounter difficulty,
- go to seed,
- goes to seed,
- hold down,
- hold it down,
- lag behind,
- lagging behind,
- limp along,
- pass time,
- put lid on,
- trail behind.
Antonyms for Stagnate:
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v.
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Other antonyms:
work.
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Other antonyms:
Stagnate Sentence Examples:
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If he should stop and stagnate, he would not be the Mississippi river, he would become a stagnant, poisonous pond.
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In connection with all trades, there are minor occupations in which defectives stagnate.
Homophones for Stagnate:
- staghound, stockinette, stagnant, soi-disant, stockinet, stigmata, sweet-scented, sticky end, schistosomatidae, stagehand.
