to stagnate

Examples

• All

• Countries still on the gold standard saw their exports stagnate and experienced rapidly rising unemployment.

  Academic text (2012)

• Median incomes in the United States have been stagnating in real terms since the 1970s.

  Academic text (2012)

• You can stay and stagnate in the past or leave and live for the future, the choice is yours.

  Orlando (1992)

• Without the aggressive man, any society yet conceived would stagnate.

  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)

• But as long as the economy stagnated, the press debates would continue.

  Academic text (1993)

• The potential for abundance is everywhere around us, but it stagnates for sheer lack of funding.

  Academic text (2012)

• At the same time, exports have stagnated, growing less than one percent in 1991 and 1.5 percent in 1992.

  Academic text (1993)

• By the early 1900s, Dublin, a city once known to be among the greatest of the British Empire, has stagnated.

  Blood Freak (1972)

• The submerged conflicts go on and on, and society stagnates, unable to adapt to change.

  Academic text (1992)

• Following the decline in the Amazon rubber trade, economic activity in Rondonia stagnated until the 1940s.

  Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

L

to languish

vsto stagnate

32 7.2

To become weak and lose energy because of neglect or sadness

refers to stopped progress without implying loss of strength or suffering

I

in a rut

vsto stagnate

• Informal

16 6.7

Stuck doing the same boring things and not making progress for a long time

means halted development broadly not only boring routine

I

in stasis

vsto stagnate

12 8.1

Not moving or changing for a time

is the action of stopping development rather than a state

L

to lie dormant

vsto stagnate

12 6.7

To be inactive but able to become active again

focuses on stopping development now not the future ability to start

R

to remain stagnant

vsto stagnate

1 5.8

To stay the same without improving

is the single-word form used broadly rather than a phrase

P

to plateau

vsto stagnate

1 5.1

To stop increasing and stay at the same level for a while

implies halted progress in level or growth not all inactivity

V

to vegetate

vsto stagnate

• Informal

1 6.3

To spend time doing nothing or being inactive

describes stopping progress generally not necessarily a passive lifestyle

I

to idle

vsto stagnate

1 3.2

To spend time doing nothing

emphasizes halted progress or development rather than merely wasting time

Antonyms

D

to develop

905 1.6

To grow or change slowly to become more mature

A

to advance

417 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

How Active

to flourish

116 4.1

progress

∞ 2.5

to advance

417 3.4

to continue

∞ 1.0

to slow down

687 1.4

to stall

166 4.3

to stagnate

19 6.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology