RECESSION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RECESSION?

Need another word that means the same as “recession”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “recession” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Recession” are: recessional, corner, niche, recess, receding, downturn, depression, slump, slowdown, trough, credit crunch, credit squeeze

Recession as a Noun

Definitions of "Recession" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “recession” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The action of receding; motion away from an observer.
• A small concavity.
• The act of ceding back.
• The act of becoming more distant.
• A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.
• The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year.
• The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service.

Synonyms of "Recession" as a noun (12 Words)

corner	A free hit in field hockey taken from the corner of the field. She couldn t bear journalists prying into every corner of her life.
credit crunch	Approval.
credit squeeze	Approval.
depression	A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention. Depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin.
downturn	A decline in economic, business, or other activity. The market took a downturn.
niche	A comfortable or suitable position in life or employment. Her bed was tucked into a niche in the wall.
receding	The act of becoming more distant.
recess	A hollow space inside something. A table set into a recess.
recessional	A hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw.
slowdown	The act of slowing down or falling behind. Companies reacted to early signs of slowdown with cuts in production.
slump	A period of substantial failure or decline. Periods of slump.
trough	A concave shape with an open top. A vast glacial trough.

Usage Examples of "Recession" as a noun

• Measures to pull the economy out of recession.
• The country is in the depths of a recession.

Associations of "Recession" (30 Words)

account	Keep an account of. The barman was doing his accounts.
austerity	A feature of an austere way of life. The country was subjected to acute economic austerity.
bankruptcy	The state of being bankrupt. The intellectual bankruptcy of the corporate media.
deflation	The removal of particles of rock, sand, etc. by the wind. A long deflation lasted until about 1896.
depositor	A person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution.
economic	Relating to economics or the economy. Many organizations must become larger if they are to remain economic.
economical	Using no more of something than is necessary. A modern economical heating system.
economy	A particular system or stage of an economy. The Scots are famous for their economy.
finance	Provide funding for (a person or enterprise. The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer.
financial	Shares in financial companies. An independent financial adviser.
financially	In a way that relates to finance. He does not benefit financially from sales of the book.
fiscal	Relating to financial matters. Fiscal responsibility.
frugal	Avoiding waste. A frugal meal.
frugality	Prudence in avoiding waste. He scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity.
inflationary	Relating to or involving inflation. Inflationary prices.
macroeconomics	The branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy.
market	The securities markets in the aggregate. The labour market.
microeconomics	The branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms.
parsimony	Extreme stinginess. A great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony.
price	Ascertain or learn the price of. The parable of the pearl of great price.
regression	A return to a former or less developed state. It is easy to blame unrest on economic regression.
saving	An act of economizing; reduction in cost. Innovative money saving ideas for students.
savings	A fund of money put by as a reserve.
schlock	Cheap or inferior goods or material; trash. Televisual schlock.
stagflation	A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation.
stagnation	A state of inactivity (in business or art etc. Economic growth of less than 1 per year is considered to be economic stagnation.
stinginess	A lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money.
thrift	The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. The values of thrift and self reliance.
thriftiness	Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources.
unemployment	The state of being unemployed. The serious level of unemployment among school leavers.