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depression

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of depression

1 a period of decreased economic activity

  • during the 1930s the U.S. suffered a great depression
Synonyms of depression

recession, slump
Words Related to depression

bust, crash, panic

stagnation

downbeat, downdraft, downswing, downtrend, downturn, slowdown
Near Antonyms of depression

development, growth

advancement, progress

rally, recovery
Antonyms of depression

boom

2 a state or spell of low spirits

  • she called her friend to see if a sympathetic ear would relieve his depression
Synonyms of depression

blue devils, blues, dejection, desolation, despond, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
Words Related to depression

melancholia, self-pity

anguish, dolor, grief, mourning, somberness, sorrow, woefulness

agony, distress, pain

misery, woe, wretchedness

discouragement, disheartenment

moodiness

despair, desperation, hopelessness, self-despair

boredom, ennui, tedium

dismalness, drear, morbidness, moroseness, morosity

regret, rue
Near Antonyms of depression

gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness

cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, hopefulness, optimism, sunniness

content, contentedness, contentment, satisfaction

delight, gratification
Antonyms of depression

bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness

3 a sunken area forming a separate space

  • the water generally collects in the patchwork of depressions in the city plaza
Synonyms of depression

cavity, concavity, dent, dint, hole, hollow, indentation, indenture, pit, recess
Words Related to depression

burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough

basin, bowl, valley

alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket

alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket

borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well

abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void
Near Antonyms of depression

hill, mound, rise

bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor
Antonyms of depression

bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

4 the amount by which something is lessened

  • a depression in the number of new homes being built
Synonyms of depression

abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, dent, depletion, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, reduction, shrinkage, step-down
Words Related to depression

deduction, subtraction

downturn, slip, slump

curtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shortening
Near Antonyms of depression

accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement

continuation, extension

upswing, uptrend, upturn
Antonyms of depression

boost, enlargement, gain, increase, increment, raise, rise, step-up, uptick

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