Meanings
- not comparableNot 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
- not comparableUnchanging.
Synonyms: changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging, constant, changeless, equal, nonchanging · Antonyms: changing, mutable, variable, changeable, changeful, changeling, dynamic, everchanging
plural stationaries
- obsoleterareOne 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. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC - misspellingMisspelling of stationery.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot moving.
adjectiveIncapable of being moved.
adjectiveUnchanging.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot capable of being moved
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinstationarius
- Englishstationary
From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer. Equivalent to station + -ary.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian стациона́рен, неизменен
- стациона́рен (stacionáren)incapable of being moved
- неизменен (neizmenen)unchanging
Catalan estacionari, immòbil
- estacionarinot moving
- immòbilincapable of being moved
- estacionariunchanging
Chinese Mandarin 不动
- 不动 (bùdòng)not moving
Dutch stationair, stilstaand
- stationairnot moving
- stilstaandnot moving
- onverzettelijkincapable of being moved
- onveranderlijkunchanging
Esperanto haltigita
- haltigitanot moving
Finnish liikkumaton, paikallaan oleva
- liikkumatonnot moving
- paikallaan olevanot moving
- paikallaannot moving
- liikkumattanot moving
- kiinteäincapable of being moved
- muuttumatonunchanging
- pysähtynytunchanging
French stationnaire
- stationnairenot moving
German stationär, stationär
- stationärnot moving
- stationärincapable of being moved
- unbeweglichincapable of being moved
- ortsgebundenincapable of being moved
- standortgebundenincapable of being moved
Hindi स्थिर, निश्चल
- स्थिर (sthir)not moving
- निश्चल (niścal)not moving
- अचल (acal)not moving
- ध्रुव (dhruv)not moving
- स्थिर (sthir)incapable of being moved
- अपरिवर्तनीय (aprivartanīya)unchanging
Hungarian mozdulatlan
- mozdulatlannot moving
Japanese 止まっている, 静止した
- 止まっている (tomatteiru)not moving
- 静止した (sēshi shita)not moving
- 固定された (kotē sareta)incapable of being moved
- 変わらない (kawaranai)unchanging
Korean 멈춰 있는, 고정된
- 멈춰 있는 (meomchwo inneun)not moving
- 고정된 (gojeongdoen)incapable of being moved
- 변함없는 (byeonhameomneun)unchanging
- 고정된 (gojeongdoen)unchanging
Latin statīvus, immōbilis
- statīvusnot moving
- immōbilisincapable of being moved
Māori upa, whakaroau
- upanot moving
- whakaroaunot moving
Portuguese estacionário, estacionário
- estacionárionot moving
- estacionárioincapable of being moved
- estacionáriounchanging
Romanian staționar, staționar
- staționarnot moving
- staționarunchanging
- neschimbătorunchanging
Russian неподви́жный, стациона́рный
- неподви́жный (nepodvížnyj)not moving
- стациона́рный (stacionárnyj)incapable of being moved
- постоя́нный (postojánnyj)unchanging
Spanish estacionario, inamovible
- estacionarionot moving
- inamovibleincapable of being moved
- estacionariounchanging
Tagalog digala
- digalanot moving
Turkish sabit, durağan
- sabitnot moving
- durağannot moving
- hareketsiznot moving
- stasyonernot moving
- stasyonerincapable of being moved
- sabitunchanging
- durağanunchanging
Ukrainian нерухо́мий, стаціона́рний
- нерухо́мий (neruxómyj)not moving
- стаціона́рний (stacionárnyj)incapable of being moved
- пості́йний (postíjnyj)unchanging
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Cite this entry
stationary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationary
“stationary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stationary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationary.
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