Synonyms of recessions

recessions

noun

plural of recession

1

as in slumps

a period of decreased economic activity

the country is just coming out of a recession, so expect to see fewer layoffs and more new jobs in the coming year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slumps
• depressions
• panics
• downturns
• slowdowns
• crashes
• downdrafts
• busts
• stagnations
• downswings
• downtrends
• downbeats

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• booms
• developments
• growths
• recoveries
• advancements
• progresses
• rallies

2

as in withdrawals

an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable

a retiring CEO making a gradual recession from the daily rigors of running a major corporation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdrawals
• retirements
• retreats
• pullbacks
• pullouts
• revulsions
• routs
• recoils
• disengagements
• flinches
• disentanglements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advances
• advancements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recessions

The Punjab has survived the three-day week of the 1970s, the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s, the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, and the long shadow of COVID. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The city has endured fiscal crises, blackouts, crime waves, terrorist attacks, recessions and a pandemic. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026

The problem was caused by a mix of high inflation, weak wage growth, the recessions of the 1970s and early 1980s, and mounting demographic pressure. — John W. Diamond, The Conversation, 9 June 2026

Such a pace of profit acceleration is genuinely rare outside of periods when companies are emerging from recessions or other macro shocks. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2026

That big, ugly, black hole of our debt is slowly sucking out the ability of the central bank to respond to recessions, Slok argues. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026

The efforts worked, but at the cost of two recessions. — Christine Zhang, New York Times, 13 May 2026

Advertisement Not one of these 220 recessions was correctly predicted in an April forecast, and the October forecasts, which had access to six months of real-world data, only got it right about half the time. — Simone Stolzoff, Time, 12 May 2026