stationary

---

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
• (America) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr'ē, IPA: /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/

Adjective

stationary (not comparable)

1. Not moving.

   The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.

2. incapable of being moved
3. unchanging

Synonyms

• (not moving) fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
• (incapable of being moved) immobile, unmoveable
• (unchanging) changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

Antonyms

• (not moving) in motion, moving, on the move
• (incapable of being moved) mobile, moveable
• (unchanging) changing, mutable, variable

Translations

• French: stationnaire
• Portuguese: estacionário
• Russian: неподви́жный
• Spanish: estacionario

Translations

• Portuguese: estacionário
• Russian: стациона́рный
• Spanish: inamovible

Translations

• Portuguese: estacionário
• Russian: постоя́нный
• Spanish: estacionario

Noun

stationary (plural stationaries)

1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
2. Misspelling of stationery

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003