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