161 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ staɡnˈe͡ɪʃən], [ staɡnˈe‍ɪʃən], [ s_t_a_ɡ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]

Similar words for stagnation:

• depression (noun)
• doldrums (noun)
• inaction (noun)
• inactivity (noun)
• inoperativeness (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• recession (noun)
• slowdown (noun)
• slump (noun)
• other synonyms
• emergence
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for stagnation

Synonyms for Stagnation:

• n.

  •
  • failure,
  • sidestep.
  • depression (noun)
  • hard time,
  • paralysis,
  • big trouble,
  • hard times,
  • over-production,
  • bottom out,
  • panic,
  • retrenchment,
  • overproduction,
  • unemployment,
  • retrenchments,
  • Paralyses,
  • stagflation,
  • doldrums,
  • deflations,
  • deflation.
  • doldrums (noun)
  • dismals,
  • blahs,
  • black mood.
  • inaction (noun)
  • hibernation,
  • rest,
  • immobility,
  • idleness,
  • dormancy,
  • passiveness,
  • lethargy,
  • standstill.
  • inactivity (noun)
  • sluggishness,
  • Pottering,
  • time-wasting,
  • status,
  • time to kill,
  • calm,
  • torpor,
  • Hibernations,
  • torpidity,
  • goof-off time,
  • time on one's hands,
  • own sweet time,
  • joblessness,
  • quiescence,
  • time to burn,
  • dullness.
  • inoperativeness (noun)
  • in operativenesses,
  • in operativeness,
  • in-operativenesses,
  • in-operativeness.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • LOWS,
  • the skids,
  • slump,
  • bad period,
  • depression,
  • recession,
  • slowdown,
  • falling-off,
  • inaction.
  • recession (noun)
  • bottom-out,
  • shakeout,
  • shakeouts.
  • slowdown (noun)
  • falloff,
  • slow up,
  • slowup,
  • downtrend,
  • slow-up,
  • deceleration,
  • retardation,
  • decelerations,
  • drop-off,
  • slackening.
  • slump (noun)
  • de scents,
  • fallingoff,
  • de-scents,
  • re-verse,
  • de scent,
  • de-scent,
  • bad periods,
  • falling offs,
  • falling-offs,
  • the skid,
  • fallingoffs,
  • re verse.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • evasion,
  • avoidance,
  • stop-go,
  • latent,
  • inoperativeness,
  • stasis,
  • stunted,
  • inertness,
  • latency,
  • stagnant,
  • footdragging,
  • dormant,
  • inactivity.
  •
  • delay,
  • quiescent,
  • suspended animation,
  • underdeveloped,
  • inertia.
  •
  • backward.
  • emergence
  • emanation.
  • Other relevant words:
  • frozen figure.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • dejection,
  • backwater,
  • lifelessness,
  • catalepsy,
  • stagnancy,
  • indolence,
  • languor,
  • fixity,
  • lassitude,
  • neutrality,
  • Pococurantism,
  • suspense,
  • passive resistance,
  • congestion,
  • waiting game,
  • mere existence,
  • indifference,
  • despondency,
  • Indisturbance,
  • obstruction,
  • contemplation,
  • laggardness,
  • Accidie,
  • pacifism,
  • cavity,
  • traffic jam,
  • quietism,
  • slackness,
  • abeyance,
  • stagnate,
  • vegetation,
  • balance,
  • nonresistance,
  • nonviolence,
  • deadlock,
  • impasse,
  • laziness,
  • noninvolvement,
  • basin,
  • phlegm,
  • standing still,
  • tie up,
  • sloth,
  • meditation,
  • slothfulness,
  • languidness,
  • nonparticipation,
  • stoppage,
  • stillness,
  • procrastination,
  • entropy,
  • apathy,
  • decline,
  • shiftlessness,
  • laissez faire,
  • passivity,
  • faineance.

Paraphrases for Stagnation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    recession.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    recession, Stagnating.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inaction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cessation, decline, stand-off.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    depression.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    apathy, deadlock, depression, doldrums, downturn, gridlock, immobility, impasse, inertia, logjam, morass, paralysis, rut, slowdown, sluggishness, stalemate, stall, stalling, standoff, standstill, stasis, stillness.