Antonyms for stationary
ˈsteɪ ʃəˌnɛr ista·tion·a·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. stationaryadjective

   Not moving.

   For a few moments, the train remained stationary, before lurching forward along the track.

   Antonyms:
   on the move, in motion, moving

   Synonyms:
   still, motionless, unmoving, fixed, immobile, stock-still

2. stationaryadjective

   incapable of being moved

   Antonyms:
   moveable, mobile

   Synonyms:
   immobile, unmoveable

3. stationaryadjective

   unchanging

   Synonyms:
   immutable, changeless, constant, unchanging

   Antonyms:
   changing, mutable, variable

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stationary

   Antonyms:
   movable, unfixed, migratory, removable, changeable, alterable

   Synonyms:
   fixed, immovable, motionless, unalterable, quiescent

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. stationaryadjective

   standing still

   "the car remained stationary with the engine running"

   Antonyms:
   unfixed, moving

2. stationaryadjective

   not capable of being moved

   "stationary machinery"

   Antonyms:
   unfixed, moving

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transit

   transit means to export out goods, people, etc, so the opposite would be to stay put.

   our transit was delayed because we were stationary

   Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  

How to use stationary in a sentence?

1. Peloton CEO John Foley:

   We think the special sauce, the magic, is our connected platforms and in order to work out at home you need a stationary bike if you're going to be biking.

2. The Yangon protest leader:

   A carwash operation is throwing molotovs at a moving or stationary vehicle. Whether there is army personnel in it or an empty truck.

3. Taylor Ward:

   Not only was it one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic basin, but it was stationary -- or nearly stationary -- over the Bahamas for more than 24 hours as a Category 4-5 storm, this made for one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history. The extreme strength devastated the area and the slow movement delayed humanitarian relief from arriving.

4. Illusions Index:

   In 1804, Troxler made the discovery that rigidly fixating one’s gaze on some element in the visual field can cause surrounding stationary images to seem to slowly disappear or fade, they are replaced with an experience, the nature of which is determined by the background that the object is on.

5. Lenore Skenazy:

   Kids want to be part of the real world, a stationary bike doesn't prepare them for anything but moving their legs in a circular motion.

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