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Synonyms for stagnant

  • adjective

Most common

still standing sluggish motionless

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Adjective

1. Standing — lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness

still, standing, sluggish, motionless, stale, lifeless, dull, torpid, inactive, quiescent, inert, heavy, quiet, lethargic, languid, idle, dormant, leaden, slack, sedentary, latent, inanimate

Other

moribund, dead

Antonyms

flowing, moving, fresh

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.

    a stagnant pool    stagnant water

Related words

Word family
stagnancy stagnation stagnate
Phrases
stagnant ice stagnant loop syndrome

Example sentences

  • stale Ziri discovered that the birdseed had gone stale.
  • sluggish Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.
  • motionless Stefan shut his eyes and just lied there motionless.
  • torpid When it gets cold, the turtles become torpid.
  • moribund An idea without realization is a moribund thought.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stagnantsteady
stalerising
sluggishsteady
motionlessrising
torpidsteady
moribundsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dead1, dull1, idle2
5 letters
still1, heavy2, quiet2, slack1, stale1, inert2
6 letters
latent2, leaden2, torpid2
7 letters
dormant2, languid2
8 letters
standing2, inactive3, sluggish2, lifeless2, moribund3
9 letters
sedentary4, inanimate4, lethargic3, quiescent3
10 letters
motionless3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
stagnant
Italiano
stagnante