Antonyms for recession
rɪˈsɛʃ ənre·ces·sion

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1. recessionnoun

   Synonyms:
   withdrawal, return procession

2. recessionnoun

   The act or an instance of receding

   Synonyms:
   withdrawal, return procession

3. recessionnoun

   A period of reduced economic activity

   Statisticians often define a recession as negative, real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters.

   Antonyms:
   boom

   Synonyms:
   withdrawal, return procession

4. recessionnoun

   The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

   Synonyms:
   return procession, withdrawal

Matched Categories

1. • Concave Shape
   • Economic Condition
   • Procession
   • Withdrawal

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1. recessionnoun

   the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

   Synonyms:
   niche, recessional, receding, ceding back, corner, recess

2. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

   a small concavity

   Synonyms:
   nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, recess, ceding back, break, time out, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

3. recession, recessionalnoun

   the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

   Synonyms:
   niche, recessional, receding, ceding back, corner, recess

4. recession, ceding backnoun

   the act of ceding back

   Synonyms:
   niche, recessional, receding, ceding back, corner, recess

5. receding, recessionnoun

   the act of becoming more distant

   Synonyms:
   recess, corner, ceding back, niche, recessional, receding, fadeout

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expansion

   in economcs a recession is a contraction of economic activity. the opposite is therefore expansion. expansion of the economy is ofter used as a term by politicians

   Submitted by Wbrooks55 on March 8, 2021  

How to use recession in a sentence?

1. Janet Yellen:

   We never had anything so large even during the Great Recession. We need to make sure people have jobs, if they don’t have jobs, that they’re supported.

2. George Buckley:

   The Bank of England [ thinks ] that high current inflation will, by The Bank of England, hit growth and ultimately bring inflation down in the future, the Bank of England is grappling with surging inflation, but at the same time the risk of recession — so The Bank of England's understandable the differences of opinion on the Committee right now about the scale of tightening required.

3. Lawrence De Maria:

   There is limited visibility on how long the recession lasts.

4. Said Hanson:

   I think the perfect storm of COVID fears, locking down two-thirds of the population for 15 months, the self-induced recession, the Trump derangement syndrome, the George Floyd death, the 120 days of riots, the inactivity and inability to get people to meet one another, the crazy election, all of that was the spark or the fuse that lit the preexisting problems.

5. Patrick Kaser:

   We’ve had this weird pause over the last three weeks where analysts haven’t been updating earnings estimates because of the banking turmoil. Those are undoubtedly going to come, there’s currently a false sense of security that things won’t change, but a lot of the data under the surface is probably pointing towards higher odds of recession. This is not a favorable starting point for stocks as we think about the next few months.

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