Need another word that means the same as “stasis”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “stasis” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Stasis” are: inactivity, inaction, inactiveness, inertness, dormancy, passivity, apathy, accidie, malaise, stagnation, dullness, enervation, sluggishness, lethargy, languor, listlessness, torpor, torpidity, idleness, indolence, laziness, sloth, slothfulness, obstruction, blocking
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stasis” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| accidie | Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy. |
| apathy | An absence of emotion or enthusiasm. Widespread apathy among students. |
| blocking | The action or fact of blocking or obstructing someone or something. The issue led to the disruption of classes and the blocking of the Kakata highway by angry students. |
| dormancy | A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction. The insects are able to enter prolonged states of dormancy allowing them to resist freezing. |
| dullness | The quality of not perceiving things distinctly. The dullness of the colours. |
| enervation | A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue. A sense of enervation. |
| idleness | Laziness; indolence. We suffered a period of enforced idleness. |
| inaction | The state of being inactive. Future generations will condemn us for inaction. |
| inactiveness | The state of being inactive. |
| inactivity | The state of being inactive. People are frustrated with government inactivity. |
| indolence | Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work. My failure is probably due to my own indolence. |
| inertness | The tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force. |
| languor | An oppressive stillness of the air. The afternoon was hot quiet and heavy with languor. |
| laziness | Relaxed and easy activity. The laziness of the day helped her to relax. |
| lethargy | Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy. There was an air of lethargy about him. |
| listlessness | Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy. |
| malaise | Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression. A general air of malaise. |
| obstruction | The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. He was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty. |
| passivity | The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative. The perceived passivity of the populace is deceptive. |
| sloth | A slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws. The pair had been attacked by a sloth of bears. |
| slothfulness | A disinclination to work or exert yourself. |
| sluggishness | The pace of things that move relatively slowly. The general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends. |
| stagnation | The state of not flowing or moving. Blocked drains resulting in water stagnation. |
| torpidity | Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy. |
| torpor | A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy. He fell into a deep torpor. |
| abeyance | The position of being without, or of waiting for, an owner or claimant. Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries. |
| cease | Cease is a noun only in the phrase without cease end. The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed. |
| cessation | A stopping. A cessation of the thunder. |
| deadlock | Secure a door with a deadlock. Ashton broke the deadlock with a penalty after 15 minutes. |
| desist | Stop doing something; cease or abstain. Each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage. |
| discontinue | Cease taking (a newspaper or periodical) or paying (a subscription). Their current top of the range running shoe is being discontinued. |
| discontinuity | Lack of connection or continuity. There is no significant discontinuity between modern and primitive societies. |
| dormancy | The state in which a disease causes no symptoms but is not cured and is liable to recur. Dormancy allows woody plants to survive these unfavourable conditions. |
| dormant | (of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing. Dormant butterflies. |
| drowsy | Showing lack of attention or boredom. A drowsy suburb called Surrey Hills. |
| halt | Come to a halt stop moving. During the halt he got some lunch. |
| halting | Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain. Uttered a few halting words of sorrow. |
| hiatus | An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. There was a brief hiatus in the war with France. |
| hibernation | The act of retiring into inactivity. Grizzly bears gorge on seeds to prepare for hibernation. |
| intermission | A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. He was granted an intermission in his studies. |
| interruption | The action of interrupting or being interrupted. A chance to study without interruption. |
| momentarily | For an instant or moment. My husband will be here to pick me up momentarily. |
| pause | Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. She paused at a loss for words. |
| preside | Act as president. Johnson has presided over eight matches since Beck s dismissal. |
| quiescence | Inactivity or dormancy. This method has been shown to induce sleep like quiescence in adult animals. |
| reawaken | (with reference to a feeling or state) emerge or cause to emerge again; awaken again. His departure reawakened deep divisions within the party. |
| recess | Make a recess in. The lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling. |
| refrain | Resist doing something. He refrained from hitting him back. |
| relaxation | The loss of tension in a part of the body, especially in a muscle when it ceases to contract. The relaxation of requirements. |
| respite | Grant a respite to someone especially a person condemned to death. The execution was only respited a few months. |
| rest | Be at rest. The field should be grazed or rested. |
| stanch | Stop the flow of a liquid. |
| standstill | A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. The traffic came to a standstill. |
| suspension | Temporary cessation or suspension. The investigation led to the suspension of several officers. |
| waken | Stop sleeping. She wakened the child and dressed her. |
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