Synonyms for depression

Other words for “depression”, grouped by meaning.

We found 9 synonyms for “depression”. The most common are slump, economic crisis, natural depression, Great Depression, low.

noun a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Oppositeselation

noun a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

noun a sunken or depressed geological formation

noun a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

noun an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

Synonymslow

noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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