Dictionary Definition
stationary adj
1 standing still; "the car remained stationary
with the engine running"
2 not capable of being moved; "stationary
machinery"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Homophones
Adjective
- not moving
- For a few moments, the train remained stationary, before lurching forward along the track.
- incapable of being moved
- unchanging
Usage notes
- Do not confuse stationary with stationery.
Synonyms
- (not moving): fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
- (incapable of being moved): immobile, unmoveable
- (unchanging): changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging
Antonyms
Translations
not moving
- Finnish: liikkumaton, paikallaan oleva
- French: stationnaire
- Japanese: 止まっている, 静止した
incapable of being moved
- Japanese: 固定された
unchanging
- Japanese: 変わらない
See also
Extensive Definition
Stationary can mean:
- Fixed in position, or mode: immobile.
- Unchanging in condition or character.
- In statistics and probability: a stationary process.
- In mathematics: a stationary point.
- In mathematics: a stationary set.
- In physics: a stationary physical process.
- The word is sometimes confused with stationery, meaning paper or office supplies.
stationary in Swedish: Stationär
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abiding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill,
at anchor, changeless, constant, contemplative, continuing, dead-still,
do-nothing, dormant,
durable, enduring, firm, fixed, frozen, idle, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, inactive, inert, inflexible, intact, inviolate, irremovable, laissez-aller,
laissez-faire, lasting,
meditative, motionless, moveless, neuter, neutral, out of commission,
paralytic, paralyzed, passive, pat, permanent, perpetual, persistent, procrastinating,
quiescent, quietist, quietistic, remaining, riding at anchor,
rigid, sedentary, solid, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static, statuelike, staying, steadfast, still, stock-still, sustained, torpid, unactive, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, unyielding, vegetable, vegetative