Recession synonyms and antonyms

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bankruptcy (related)
A legal proceeding that allows for a person or entity to be declared bankrupt.
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withdrawal
Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.
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retreat (related)
Retreat is the act of giving up and withdrawing or a time away in a quiet and secluded place where you can relax.
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collapse
The act of collapsing; a falling in or together; failure or breakdown, as in business or health
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return
A return ticket.
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depression (related)
A mood disorder characterized usually by anhedonia, extreme sadness, poor concentration, sleep problems, loss of appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
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abatement
(Law) The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
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bust
A failure; a flop:
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declension
(Linguistics) In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.
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decline
A downward slope; a declivity:
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retrocession
Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.
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rich (related)
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
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diminution
(Music) Statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration, usually one-half, of the original.
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decrescence
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lull
A period of rest or soothing
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off year
A year in which no major political elections occur.
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pause
A button that, when pressed, causes electronic media (such as VHS or DVD) to be paused or resumed and still active (usually as a single frame without sound); compare with the Stop button, that usually pauses electronic media while also finishing the connection with them.
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boom (antonym)
A sudden favorable turn in business or political prospects
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upturn (antonym)
An upward turn, curve, or trend
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advance (antonym)
Payment of money before due:
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inflation (antonym)
There is typically a correlation between the quantity of goods available and the amount of money in circulation.
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receding
The action of something that recedes.
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ceding back
the act of ceding back
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recessional
A recession from a church.
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recess
(Archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
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niche
(By extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
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corner
The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner:
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downturn (related)
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slowdown (related)
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deflation (related)
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slump (related)
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financial-crisis (related)
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economic stagnation (related)
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stagnation (related)
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hyperinflation (related)
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oil-price (related)
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devaluation (related)
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reversal
A usually adverse change in fortune:
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economic downturn
An economic decline
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Recession Sentence Examples

  • When the economy entered recession, the workhouse conditions had to be worsened more.

  • Everywhere there are signs of the diminution of the lakes and the recession of the water line - a phenomenon that has also been observed in the Pamirs.

  • With careful planning and hard work, we can bounce back from this recession.

  • In the early 1960s the country suffered an economic recession.

  • Two difficult periods for the auto industry, the Great Depression of the 1930s and the recent Great Recession, offer some real-world examples of how auto industry health is related to the rest of the economy.

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