Exact Match:
- stagnate
- cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
- cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
- stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
Synonyms:
- be a sideliner,
- be still,
- coast,
- constipate,
- decay,
- decline,
- decompose,
- degenerate,
- delay,
- deteriorate,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- fust,
- go to pot,
- go to seed,
- hang fire,
- hibernate,
- idle,
- just be,
- languish,
- lie dormant,
- merely exist,
- moulder,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- pass the time,
- rest,
- rot,
- rust,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- sleep,
- slumber,
- smolder,
- spoil,
- stifle,
- trammel,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait
Related Words:
- sit back
collapse - settle into a comfortable sitting position related words >
- hibernate
collapse
- sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
- be in an inactive or dormant state related words >
- aestivate,
- be a sideliner,
- be latent,
- be still,
- coast,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- escape notice,
- hang fire,
- have nothing on,
- idle,
- lay by,
- lay off,
- lay to,
- lie beneath,
- lie by,
- lie dormant,
- lie fallow,
- lie hid,
- lie idle,
- lie low,
- lie off,
- lie to,
- lie up,
- lurk,
- make no sign,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- rest,
- ride at anchor,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- smolder,
- stagnate,
- underlie,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait
- abide,
- be a sideliner,
- coast,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- freeze,
- hang fire,
- hibernate,
- idle,
- keep quiet,
- lie dormant,
- lie still,
- mark time,
- not breathe,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- remain,
- remain motionless,
- repose,
- rest,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- stagnate,
- stand,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- stand still,
- stay,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick fast,
- tarry,
- tread water,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait
- balk,
- be a sideliner,
- be still,
- be unflappable,
- coast,
- delay,
- die hard,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- get home free,
- hang fire,
- hibernate,
- hold fast,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- idle,
- lie dormant,
- not stir,
- persevere,
- remain firm,
- rest,
- ride it out,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- stagnate,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- stand out,
- stand pat,
- stay put,
- stick it out,
- stickle,
- take no denial,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait,
- weather,
- weather the storm
- stultify
collapse
- cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself" related words >
- annul,
- asphyxiate,
- befool,
- bottle up,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- censor,
- check,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- come to nothing,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cork up,
- counterbalance,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- deaden,
- discourage,
- drown,
- dull,
- dupe,
- enfeeble,
- extinguish,
- frustrate,
- gag,
- gull,
- hold down,
- impair,
- infatuate,
- inhibit,
- invalidate,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nullify,
- offset,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put on,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- restrain,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stagnate,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stunt,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- thwart,
- trammel,
- undo,
- vitiate,
- void,
- weaken
- vegetate
collapse
- propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
- grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"
- grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
- produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
- establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
- lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind related words >
- be a sideliner,
- be still,
- blossom,
- brew,
- bud,
- burgeon,
- burst forth,
- coast,
- delay,
- develop,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- flourish,
- fust,
- gather,
- gemmate,
- germinate,
- grow,
- grow rank,
- grow up,
- hang fire,
- hibernate,
- hypertrophy,
- idle,
- increase,
- just be,
- languish,
- leaf,
- leaf out,
- leave,
- lie dormant,
- luxuriate,
- mature,
- merely exist,
- mushroom,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- outgrow,
- overdevelop,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- overtop,
- pass the time,
- procreate,
- pullulate,
- put forth,
- put forth leaves,
- put out buds,
- reproduce,
- rest,
- riot,
- root,
- shoot,
- shoot up,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- sleep,
- slumber,
- smolder,
- spring up,
- sprout,
- sprout up,
- stagnate,
- strike root,
- take root,
- thrive,
- tower,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upsprout,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait,
- wax
- slumber
collapse
- a dormant or quiescent state related words >
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- beauty sleep,
- beddy-bye,
- bedtime,
- blanket drill,
- bye-bye,
- calmness,
- coma,
- composure,
- contemplation,
- dorm,
- doss,
- doze,
- dreamland,
- drowse,
- dullness,
- fitful sleep,
- fust,
- hang fire,
- hebetude,
- hibernation,
- idle,
- imperturbability,
- land of Nod,
- languor,
- lassitude,
- light sleep,
- lucid stillness,
- marmoreal repose,
- nap,
- nirvana,
- oversleep,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- repose,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- satori,
- saw logs,
- saw wood,
- serenity,
- shut-eye,
- silence,
- silken repose,
- sleep,
- sleep soundly,
- sleepland,
- sleepwalking,
- slumberland,
- smolder,
- snoozle,
- snore,
- somnambulism,
- somniloquy,
- somnus,
- stagnate,
- stillness,
- stupor,
- take a nap,
- torpidity,
- torpor,
- tranquillity,
- unconsciousness,
- vegetate,
- winter sleep,
- wise passiveness
- adjourn,
- be a sideliner,
- be dilatory,
- be still,
- be unproductive,
- bring up,
- bring up short,
- cease fire,
- coast,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- come up short,
- continue,
- defer,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drag out,
- draw up,
- drift,
- extend,
- fetch up,
- filibuster,
- fizzle out,
- fust,
- gain time,
- halt,
- hang,
- hang back,
- hang up,
- hesitate,
- hibernate,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- idle,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- lie dormant,
- lie fallow,
- make time,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- peter out,
- pigeonhole,
- play for time,
- postpone,
- procrastinate,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- pull up,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- recess,
- reserve,
- rest,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- sleep,
- sleep on,
- slumber,
- smolder,
- stagnate,
- stall,
- stall for time,
- stall off,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stick,
- stooge around,
- stop,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- take a recess,
- talk against time,
- temporize,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- waive,
- watch and wait
- smolder
collapse
- burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
- have strong suppressed feelings related words >
- bake,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- be in heat,
- be latent,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bellow,
- blaze,
- bloom,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- bluster,
- boil,
- broil,
- browned off,
- bubble,
- burn,
- burst,
- carry on,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- chafe,
- choke,
- churn,
- combust,
- come apart,
- cook,
- erupt,
- escape notice,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- ferment,
- fire up,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flush,
- fret,
- fry,
- fulminate,
- fume,
- fust,
- gasp,
- get excited,
- glow,
- go into hysterics,
- go on,
- hang fire,
- have a conniption,
- have a tantrum,
- hibernate,
- hit the ceiling,
- idle,
- incandesce,
- lie beneath,
- lie dormant,
- lie hid,
- lie low,
- lurk,
- make no sign,
- moil,
- pant,
- parch,
- pissed off,
- radiate heat,
- rage,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rave,
- roast,
- run a temperature,
- scald,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- simmer,
- sizzle,
- sleep,
- slumber,
- smoke,
- smother,
- spark,
- stagnate,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stir,
- storm,
- suffocate,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- take fire,
- take on,
- throw a fit,
- toast,
- turn a hair,
- underlie,
- vegetate
- be a sideliner,
- be conservative,
- be still,
- bone-lazy,
- bum,
- bum around,
- cadging,
- clock watcher,
- coast,
- contemplative,
- dallier,
- dawdle,
- dawdler,
- delay,
- diddler,
- dilatory,
- dillydallier,
- doless,
- dolittle,
- doodler,
- dormant,
- drift,
- dronish,
- drony,
- easy,
- ergophobic,
- faineant,
- gentleman of leisure,
- goldbrick,
- goldbricker,
- good-for-nothing,
- goof off,
- goof-off,
- hang around,
- hang fire,
- hibernate,
- idle,
- idler,
- immobile,
- inactive,
- indolent,
- inert,
- laggard,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- lax,
- laze,
- lazy,
- lazybones,
- leave alone,
- let alone,
- let be,
- lie around,
- lie dormant,
- lingerer,
- loaf,
- loafer,
- loiter about,
- loiterer,
- loll around,
- loller,
- lollop around,
- lotus-eater,
- lounge,
- lounge around,
- lounger,
- lubber,
- meditative,
- mooch around,
- moon,
- moon around,
- mope,
- moper,
- motionless,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- nonaggressive,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- oppose change,
- paralytic,
- paralyzed,
- parasitic,
- passive,
- potterer,
- procrastinating,
- procrastinative,
- putterer,
- quiescent,
- quietist,
- quietistic,
- remiss,
- rest,
- scrounging,
- shiftless,
- sit around,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slouch,
- slouch around,
- sloucher,
- slow,
- slug,
- slugabed,
- sluggard,
- sponging,
- stagnant,
- stagnate,
- stagnating,
- stand around,
- stand pat,
- stand still,
- standpat,
- static,
- stationary,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- time killer,
- time waster,
- trifler,
- unenterprising,
- vegetable,
- vegetate,
- vegetative,
- wait and see,
- waiter on Providence,
- watch and wait,
- work-shy
- trammel
collapse
- a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
- an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace related words >
- Oregon boat,
- anchor,
- arrest,
- bar,
- bearing rein,
- bilbo,
- bind,
- bit,
- block,
- bond,
- bonds,
- brake,
- bridle,
- burden,
- camisole,
- chain,
- chains,
- check,
- checkrein,
- checks,
- chock,
- circumscribe,
- clog,
- collar,
- confine,
- constipate,
- constrain,
- constraints,
- countercheck,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cuffs,
- cumber,
- curb,
- curb bit,
- curbs,
- damper,
- deter,
- deterrents,
- doorstop,
- drag,
- drag sail,
- drift anchor,
- drift sail,
- drogue,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- enchain,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fasten,
- fetter,
- gag,
- gyve,
- gyves,
- halter,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- handcuffs,
- handicap,
- handicaps,
- hinder,
- hindrances,
- hobble,
- hobbles,
- hog-tie,
- holdback,
- hopple,
- hopples,
- impede,
- involve,
- irons,
- lame,
- lash,
- leading strings,
- leash,
- lime,
- limit,
- lumber,
- make fast,
- manacle,
- martingale,
- moor,
- muzzle,
- net,
- obstacles,
- obstruct,
- peg down,
- pelham,
- picket,
- pillory,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- press down,
- put in irons,
- reins,
- remora,
- restrain,
- restraint,
- restraints,
- rope,
- saddle with,
- scotch,
- sea anchor,
- secure,
- shackle,
- shackles,
- snaffle,
- snags,
- snarl,
- spoke,
- stagnate,
- stay,
- stifle,
- stocks,
- stop,
- straightjacket,
- strait-waistcoat,
- straitjacket,
- stranglehold,
- strap,
- tangle,
- tether,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- toil,
- trammels,
- weigh down,
- yoke
- stifle
collapse
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- asphyxiate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bake,
- bank the fire,
- bar,
- barricade,
- be in heat,
- black out,
- blaze,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bloom,
- blow out,
- blunt,
- boil,
- bolt,
- bottle up,
- broil,
- burke,
- burn,
- censor,
- chasten,
- check,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- combust,
- constipate,
- constrain,
- constrict,
- control,
- cook,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cover up,
- crack down on,
- crowd,
- crush,
- curb,
- damp,
- damp down,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- debar,
- demolish,
- destroy,
- diminish,
- dog,
- douse,
- downplay,
- drown,
- dull,
- dumbfound,
- extenuate,
- extinguish,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fry,
- gag,
- garrote,
- gasp,
- glow,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold in,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- incandesce,
- inhibit,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep back,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- keep within bounds,
- kill,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- lock,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- muffle,
- mute,
- muzzle,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- occlude,
- out,
- pack,
- palliate,
- pant,
- parch,
- play down,
- pour water on,
- prevent,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- radiate heat,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- repress,
- restrain,
- roast,
- scald,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- silence,
- simmer,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smash,
- smolder,
- smother,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- spark,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- squelch,
- stagnate,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- steam,
- stew,
- still,
- stop,
- stop the breath,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- strike dumb,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- sublimate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- tame,
- temper,
- throttle,
- toast,
- tone down,
- trammel,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken,
- withhold
- sleep
collapse
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
- a torpid state resembling deep sleep
- a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
- be asleep
- be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people" related words >
- KO,
- annihilation,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- bane,
- be caught napping,
- be neglectful,
- be negligent,
- beauty sleep,
- beddy-bye,
- bedtime,
- biological death,
- blackout,
- blanket drill,
- bye-bye,
- calmness,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- catatony,
- catnap,
- cessation of life,
- clinical death,
- coma,
- comfort,
- composure,
- contemplation,
- crossing the bar,
- curtains,
- death,
- death knell,
- debt of nature,
- decease,
- default,
- demise,
- departure,
- disregard,
- dissolution,
- doom,
- doss,
- doze,
- dreamland,
- drop off,
- drowse,
- dying,
- ease,
- ebb of life,
- end,
- end of life,
- ending,
- eternal rest,
- exit,
- expiration,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- fail,
- faint,
- final summons,
- finger of death,
- fitful sleep,
- forty winks,
- fust,
- gloss over,
- going,
- going off,
- grave,
- grayout,
- hand of death,
- hang fire,
- hibernation,
- idle,
- ignore,
- imperturbability,
- inactivity,
- jaws of death,
- kayo,
- knell,
- knockout,
- land of Nod,
- lapse,
- last debt,
- last muster,
- last rest,
- last roundup,
- last sleep,
- leaving life,
- let go,
- let ride,
- let slide,
- let slip,
- light sleep,
- lipothymia,
- lipothymy,
- lose sight of,
- lose track of,
- loss of life,
- lucid stillness,
- making an end,
- marmoreal repose,
- nap,
- neglect,
- nirvana,
- nirvana principle,
- nod,
- nod off,
- not care for,
- not get involved,
- not heed,
- not think,
- nothingness,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- overlook,
- oversleep,
- parting,
- pass over,
- passing,
- passing away,
- passing over,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- perishing,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- pound,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- quietus,
- relax,
- relaxation,
- release,
- repose,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- reward,
- satori,
- saw logs,
- saw wood,
- semiconsciousness,
- senselessness,
- sentence of death,
- serenity,
- shades of death,
- shadow of death,
- shut-eye,
- siesta,
- silence,
- silken repose,
- sleep soundly,
- sleepland,
- sleepwalking,
- slumber,
- slumberland,
- smolder,
- snooze,
- snoozle,
- snore,
- somatic death,
- somnambulism,
- somniloquy,
- somnus,
- stagnate,
- stillness,
- stupor,
- summons of death,
- swoon,
- syncope,
- take a nap,
- take for granted,
- tranquillity,
- unbuttoned ease,
- unconsciousness,
- vegetate,
- winter sleep,
- wise passiveness
- coast
collapse
- the area within view; "the coast is clear"
- a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"
- move effortlessly; by force of gravity related words >
- abide,
- avalanche,
- bank,
- be a sideliner,
- be effortless,
- be painless,
- be still,
- beach,
- beam,
- berm,
- board,
- boat,
- border,
- bordure,
- brim,
- brink,
- broadside,
- brow,
- canoe,
- carry sail,
- cheek,
- chop,
- circumnavigate,
- coastland,
- coastline,
- cross,
- cruise,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- edge,
- embankment,
- featheredge,
- flange,
- flank,
- flit,
- flow,
- fly,
- foreshore,
- frame,
- freeze,
- fringe,
- give no trouble,
- glide,
- glissade,
- glissando,
- go by ship,
- go easily,
- go like clockwork,
- go on shipboard,
- go to sea,
- hand,
- handedness,
- hang fire,
- haunch,
- hem,
- hibernate,
- hip,
- hug the shore,
- ice-skate,
- idle,
- ironbound coast,
- jowl,
- keep quiet,
- labellum,
- labium,
- labrum,
- landslide,
- landslip,
- laterality,
- ledge,
- lido,
- lie dormant,
- lie still,
- limb,
- limbus,
- lip,
- list,
- littoral,
- make a passage,
- many-sidedness,
- marge,
- margin,
- mark time,
- motorboat,
- multilaterality,
- navigate,
- not breathe,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- plage,
- planking,
- playa,
- ply,
- present no difficulties,
- profile,
- quarter,
- ragged edge,
- range the coast,
- remain,
- remain motionless,
- repose,
- rest,
- rim,
- riverside,
- riviera,
- rockbound coast,
- roll,
- roller-skate,
- row,
- run,
- run smoothly,
- sail,
- sail coast-wise,
- sail round,
- sail the sea,
- sands,
- scull,
- sea margin,
- seabank,
- seabeach,
- seaboard,
- seacliff,
- seacoast,
- seafare,
- seashore,
- seaside,
- selvage,
- shingle,
- shore,
- shoreline,
- side,
- sideline,
- sideslip,
- siding,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- skate,
- skateboard,
- ski,
- skid,
- skim,
- skirt,
- skirt the shore,
- sled,
- sleigh,
- slidder,
- slide,
- slide down,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slither,
- snowslide,
- snowslip,
- stagnate,
- stand,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- stand still,
- stay,
- stay in soundings,
- stay put,
- steam,
- steamboat,
- stick,
- stick fast,
- strand,
- submerged coast,
- subsidence,
- sweep,
- take a voyage,
- take it easy,
- tarry,
- temple,
- tidewater,
- toboggan,
- traverse,
- tread water,
- unilaterality,
- vegetate,
- verge,
- voyage,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait,
- waterfront,
- waterside,
- work well,
- yacht
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