1
[ verb ] cease to flow; stand without moving

Examples

"Stagnating waters" "blood stagnates in the capillaries"

Related terms

be change stagnancy

2
[ verb ] stand still

Examples

"Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

Related terms

be stagnation

3
[ verb ] cause to stagnate

Examples

"There are marshes that stagnate the waters"

Related terms

change stagnancy

4
[ verb ] be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Synonyms

laze idle slug

Examples

"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch" "He slugged in bed all morning"

Related terms

work bum_around ride_the_bench lie_about moon daydream idler idleness stagnation

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Rhymes with

magnate designate procrastinate decontaminate contaminate concatenate designate detonate fascinate latinate assassinate exterminate determinate agglutinate laminate terminate isocyanate khanate resonate extortionate alternate oxygenate impersonate culminate subordinate coordinate insubordinate inseminate disseminate carbonate emanate reincarnate incarnate hibernate fulminate eliminate discriminate predominate denominate cross-pollinate incriminate chlorinate marinate urinate donate geminate nominate vaccinate dominate pollinate alienate germinate hyphenate originate rejuvenate ornate hallucinate hydrogenate innate ruminate recriminate

Phonetic and Homophones

S T AE1 G N EY2 T

Similar Spelling

stagnant Stagner stagnation stage_name Stagnaro stagnancy staginess stigma Stygian Stegman staging stigmatize stigmatist stigmatise st_ignatius Stogner stigmata Stegner

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