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. Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks:

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

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. Cody Martin:

   That was a main emphasis for us going into the game, just sharing the ball, just making sure it wasn’t stagnant.

4. Alvin Gentry:

   I just think we have to do a better job all together, i thought we were very stagnant offensively, and we were better defensively doing what we practice every day.

5. The IOC:

   A plan has already been put in place for the Rio Olympics the Games venues in the lead-up to and at Rio Olympics the Games time, which will see them inspected on a daily basis in order to ensure that any puddles of stagnant water -- where the mosquitoes breed -- are removed, therefore minimising the risk of athletes and visitors coming into contact with mosquitoes, rio 2016 will also continue to follow the virus prevention and control measures provided by the authorities, and will provide the relevant guidance to Rio Olympics the Games athletes and visitors.

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