depression - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

pushing down

Synonyms

• depression

More generic

• push
• pushing

More specific

• click
• mouse click

Noun

sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

Synonyms

• depression

More generic

• sadness
• unhappiness

More specific

• demoralisation
• demoralization
• despondence
• despondency
• disconsolateness
• dysphoria
• heartsickness
• helplessness
• oppression
• oppressiveness

Noun

a sunken or depressed geological formation

Synonyms

• depression
• natural depression

More generic

• formation
• geological formation

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• basin
• bed
• bottom
• crater
• deep
• hole
• hollow
• lowland
• oceanic abyss
• sink
• sinkhole
• swallow hole
• trench
• trough
• vale
• valley

Noun

angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

Synonyms

• depression

More generic

• angular position

Noun

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

Synonyms

• depression
• impression
• imprint

More generic

• concave shape
• concavity
• incurvation
• incurvature

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• channel
• chap
• crack
• cranny
• crease
• crevice
• crinkle
• dent
• dimple
• dip
• droop
• fissure
• furrow
• groove
• incision
• line
• prick
• sag
• scratch
• seam
• slit
• wrinkle

Noun

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

Synonyms

• clinical depression
• depression
• depressive disorder

More generic

• affective disorder
• emotional disorder
• emotional disturbance
• major affective disorder

More specific

• agitated depression
• anaclitic depression
• dysthymia
• dysthymic depression
• endogenous depression
• exogenous depression
• major depressive episode
• neurotic depression
• psychotic depression
• reactive depression
• retarded depression

Noun

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

Synonyms

• depression

More generic

• mental condition
• mental state
• psychological condition
• psychological state

Opposite / Antonyms

• elation

More specific

• blue devils
• blue funk
• blues
• dejection
• funk
• low spirits
• megrims
• melancholia
• melancholy
• slough of despond
• vapors
• vapours

Noun

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

Synonyms

• depression
• economic crisis
• slump

More generic

• crisis
• economic condition

Noun

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

Synonyms

• depression
• low

More generic

• air mass

Related

• cyclone

Noun

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

Synonyms

• Depression
• Great Depression

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