stationary

Examples

• All

• Moving or stationary?

  Malibu Express (1985)

• The car remained stationary at the traffic light, waiting for it to turn green.

• Air, when it's stationary in this room right now cannot be heard.

  The Royal Institution

• So instead I put a stationary bike in my bedroom.

  Jay Shetty Podcast

• I could sit on my stationary bike and cycle for hours.

• Classrooms no longer need to be stationary, and learning can occur anywhere.

  Academic text (2012)

• The target is stationary.

  Essential Killing (2010)

• Still stationary.

  Greyhound (2020)

• The flow rate can be adjusted manually when the pump is stationary and/or during operation.

  Academic text (1994)

• The bar stands on the periphery and drew large, somewhat stationary gatherings of men.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

S

still

vsstationary

593 1.0

Not moving or making a sound

is used for being fixed in one place rather than only calm or silent

P

parked

vsstationary

279 1.0

A vehicle like a car or bike standing in one place and not moving

is fixed in one place generally, not only in vehicle contexts

S

static

vsstationary

58 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

is about being fixed in place rather than unchanged over time

M

motionless

vsstationary

33 3.0

Completely still with no movement, like a statue

is about being fixed in place rather than just still

A

at rest

vsstationary

20 2.4

Someone or something that is quiet and still and not moving

is about being fixed in one place rather than temporary rest

I

immobile

vsstationary

14 4.4

Not able to move or be moved, like a statue

is not necessarily unable to move, rather fixed in one place

I

inert

vsstationary

13 5.5

Not moving and without the energy or will to act

is about being fixed in place rather than lacking energy

U

unmoving

vsstationary

7 2.2

Completely still and keeping the same position

is about being fixed rather than merely inactive

S

stock-still

vsstationary

2 6.2

Not moving at all

is fixed in place rather than expressing extreme immobility

N

nonmoving

vsstationary

1 3.0

Staying in the same place and not changing position

is fixed in one place rather than only temporarily not moving

M

moveless

vsstationary

1 6.9

Completely still and not changing position

is fixed in place rather than implying inability to move

N

nonrotating

vsstationary

1 3.7

Not turning or spinning around its axis

is fixed in place generally, not only about rotation

N

nonmobile

vsstationary

1 6.5

Unable to move or be moved easily

is fixed by position rather than by inability to move

S

stational

vsstationary

• Archaic

9.2

Not moving and fixed in one place

is more general, used for being not moving rather than only fixed position

Antonyms

M

moving

286 1.0

Not still and going from one place to another

M

mobile

191 2.7

Able to change or move easily

Compounds

S

stationary wave

• Specialized

1 7.9

A pattern where some points stay still and others vibrate strongly on a string or in air

S

stationary stochastic process

• Specialized

1 9.9

A random sequence whose statistical properties stay the same over time

How Still

motionless

33 3.0

still

593 1.0

stationary

47 2.9

unsteady

16 3.3

mobile

191 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology