Synonyms for stagnant
ˈstæg nəntstag·nant

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1. stagnant

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

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

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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

   Synonyms:
   dead(a), moribund

   Antonyms:
   dynamical, running(a), dynamic

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1. -naut

   constancy

   earthonaut

   Submitted by anonymous on September 22, 2020  

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1. stagnantadjective

   Synonyms:
   motionless, standing, close

2. stagnantadjective

   Synonyms:
   sluggish, inactive, inert, torpid, dull, heavy

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1. stagnantadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "stagnant":

   sluggish, stagnating, deadlocked, standing

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How to use stagnant in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Ayn Rand:

   If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who, doing some small routine job in a vast undertaking, does not care to look beyond the lever of a machine, does not choose to know how the machine got there or what makes his job possible, and proclaims that the management of the undertaking is parasitical and unneccessary.

3. Ronna McDaniel:

   Go ahead and run, run on Ronna McDaniel record of stagnant wages, of jobs leaving this country, of manufacturing jobs fleeing United States of America, of bad trade deals, of bad foreign policy. Democratic Party undoubtedly has moved left since the last time Biden appeared alone on a ballot in 2008, when Joe Biden was re-elected to the Senate by Delaware voters for Joe Biden seventh term.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Now stock market traders can go to sleep as nothing upside or downside in shares prices will happen till 2:30 pm today. Prices will remain in stagnant position largely between 10 am-2 pm

5. Scott Allen:

   People form brand loyalties and they stick with them, but the younger generation is a lot more pliable, and the younger generation is looking for solutions, they're looking for products that meet their needs and their niche, and I think companies are going to recognize that they really have to look forward, not just being stagnant, not just being complacent with what they have.