Definition for Stagnation:

• Act of stagnating: state of being stagnant or motionless: dullness.

Synonyms for Stagnation:

• n.

  •
  • failure.
  •depression (noun)
  • unemployment,
  • doldrums,
  • paralysis.
  •inaction (noun)
  • hibernation,
  • rest,
  • immobility,
  • idleness,
  • dormancy,
  • passiveness,
  • lethargy,
  • standstill.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • dullness,
  • quiescence,
  • sluggishness,
  • status,
  • torpor,
  • torpidity,
  • calm.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • evasion,
  • stasis,
  • inertness,
  • inactivity,
  • avoidance,
  • stagnant,
  • latency,
  • inoperativeness.
  •
  • inertia,
  • delay,
  • underdeveloped,
  • quiescent.
  •
  • backward.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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
    Stagnating, recession.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inaction.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Stagnation:

• n.

  • inactivity
    boom, rise.