Antonyms for stagnant
ˈstæg nəntstag·nant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. stagnant

   Antonyms:
   brisk, flowing, circulating, rapid, lively, agitated, seething, effervescent, restless

   Synonyms:
   motionless, currentless, tideless, unflowing, uncirculating, still, dull, torpid, lifeless, quiescent

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.2 / 5 votes

1. dead(a), stagnantadjective

   not circulating or flowing

   "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"

   Antonyms:
   running(a), dynamical, dynamic

2. stagnant, moribundadjective

   not growing or changing; without force or vitality

   Antonyms:
   dynamical, running(a), dynamic

   Synonyms:
   dead(a), moribund

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1. stagnantadjective

   Synonyms:
   motionless, standing, quiet, inactive, dull, sluggish

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vibrant

   stagnation excludes relative movement

   used in a sentence: "i'd rather be a vibrant liberal snowflake, than a stagnant conservative fossil. "

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

How to use stagnant in a sentence?

1. Sam Harrison:

   On some courses, the lakes are more like sewers, in those stagnant pools you can catch diseases, so you have to wear a head guard, a bit like an all-in-one wetsuit, so nothing can get on you.

2. Donovan Mitchell:

   We just made it tough on ourselves. We got in some isolation, got stagnant a little bit.

3. Robert Stewart:

   Selma is a very resilient place but it's a place that is stagnant, the sad thing is that it has so much potential.

4. Seth Moulton:

   Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to boil this down to a personal argument, but this is so much bigger than Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, it's about the entire, stagnant, three-person leadership team and having a serious conversation about promoting leaders who reflect the future of our caucus.

5. Leonardo da Vinci:

   Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

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