stationary
Syllables: sta·tion·ary/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/US/ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
stationary adjective: not moving. Also the misspelling of stationery.
Adjective
stationary (not comparable)
- Not moving.
- The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.
- Synonyms:
- fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
- Antonyms:
- in motion, moving, on the move, afoot, animate, astir, cursory, dynamic, mobile, on the wing
- Incapable of being moved.
- Unchanging.
- Synonyms:
- changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging, equal, nonchanging, static, unaltering, unvarying
- Antonyms:
- changing, mutable, variable, changeable, changeful, changeling, dynamic, everchanging, fickle, fluid
- A set which intersects all club sets.
Noun
stationary (plural stationaries)
- One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
- As also, that then they [the planets] are Stationaries in their houses which be in the middle points of the latitudes, which they cal eclipticks.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...
Also used as
stationary is also the misspelling of stationery.
stationary meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Punjabi
stationary in Hindi
- not moving
- स्थिर sthir, निश्चल niścal, अचल acal, ध्रुव dhruv
- incapable of being moved
- स्थिर sthir
- unchanging
- अपरिवर्तनीय aprivartanīya
stationary in Urdu
- اسٹیشنری
stationary in Kannada
- ಸ್ಥಾಯಿ
stationary in Punjabi
- ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨਰੀ
More languagesFewer languages
- stationary in Tagalog
- digala
Examples of stationary in a sentence
- A strictly stationary and mixing process with finite expectation satisfies a Law of Large Numbers.
- The lorry ploughed into the line of stationary cars.
- The lorry plowed into the line of stationary cars.
Synonyms of stationary
22 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of stationary
| plural | stationaries |
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Origin of stationary
From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.
Words formed from stationary
- cyclostationary
- geostationary
- hydrostationary
- nonstationary
- non-stationary
- photostationary
- quasistationary
- semistationary
- stationarily
- stationariness
- stationarity
- stationary air
- stationary bicycle
- stationary bike
- stationary distribution
- stationary engine
- stationary front
- stationary phase
- stationary phase approximation
- stationary point
- stationary wave
- strict-sense stationary
- unstationary
Phrases with stationary
Questions about stationary
- What does stationary mean?
- Stationary means not moving.
- What is stationary in Hindi?
- Stationary in Hindi is स्थिर (sthir), निश्चल (niścal), अचल (acal). See Stationary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stationary?
- Stationary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce stationary?
- Stationary is pronounced /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
Words near stationary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stationary (page history and authors); stationary (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stationary (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stationary (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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