stationary
Plural: stationaries
Adjective Satellite
- standing still
- "the car remained stationary with the engine running"
- not capable of being moved
- "stationary machinery"
Adj
- Not moving.
- Incapable of being moved.
- Unchanging.
Noun
- One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
- Misspelling of stationery.
Examples
- The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.
Synonyms
at rest, changeless, constant, dull, equal, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, immutable, impassive, inanimate, inert, lifeless, motionless, nonchanging, rigid, sedent, sedentary, sessile, static, stationary, still, stock-still, stuck, torpid, unaltering, unchanging, unmovable, unmoveable, unmoved, unmoving, unvarying
Antonyms
changeless, changing, immobile, in motion, mobile, moveable, moving, mutable, on the move, stationary, variable
Scrabble Score: 13
stationary: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstationary: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stationary: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary