Synonyms of depressions

depressions

noun

plural of depression

1

as in recessions

a period of decreased economic activity

during the 1930s the U.S. suffered a great depression

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recessions
• slumps
• panics
• downturns
• crashes
• stagnations
• slowdowns
• downdrafts
• busts
• downswings
• downtrends
• downbeats

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• booms
• developments
• growths
• recoveries
• advancements
• progresses
• rallies

2

as in holes

a sunken area forming a separate space

the water generally collects in the patchwork of depressions in the city plaza

Synonyms & Similar Words

• holes
• dents
• pits
• cavities
• furrows
• indentations
• hollows
• concavities
• recesses
• valleys
• ditches
• trenches
• grooves
• caverns
• caves
• dints
• basins
• troughs
• excavations
• indentures
• pockets
• bowls
• craters
• impressions
• burrows
• dimples
• gutters
• alcoves
• clefts
• openings
• gouges
• potholes
• nooks
• sinkholes
• imprints
• wells
• sockets
• abysses
• voids
• alveoli
• niches
• boreholes
• water holes
• chasms
• notches
• vacuums
• vacuities
• postholes
• wallows
• chuckholes
• gulfs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• projections
• protrusions
• protuberances
• bulges
• hills
• mounds
• convexities
• tumors
• rises
• cambers
• bumps
• swellings
• juts
• pimples
• humps
• swells
• lumps
• bunches

3

as in dents

the amount by which something is lessened

a depression in the number of new homes being built

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dents
• decreases
• reductions
• drops
• declines
• shrinkages
• depletions
• falls
• losses
• slumps
• diminutions
• drop-offs
• decrements
• falloffs
• step-downs
• diminishments
• abatements
• downturns
• subtractions
• deductions
• cutbacks
• cuts
• retrenchments
• slips
• curtailments
• shortenings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increases
• gains
• increments
• enlargements
• rises
• accumulations
• raises
• additions
• accretions
• boosts
• accruals
• supplements
• upticks
• extensions
• continuations
• step-ups
• upturns
• upswings
• uptrends

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depressions

In the Atlantic, the weakest of these systems are called tropical depressions. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Lawns with depressions, bumps, or low spots where water pools will benefit from topdressing. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

Fill ruts, depressions, and holes with topsoil and either turf or plants. — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026

But depressions and debris littering Mercury's landscape from new impact craters have covered up such wrinkles, thus obscuring just how much the planet has shrunk, the researchers said in a press release announcing their findings. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

This sport is rooted in traditions that span generations and have endured through two world wars, economic booms, depressions and social strife. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Hollows haven’t been found elsewhere on planets in our solar system, and with no wind or water to form the thousands of puzzling depressions, scientists want to know what forces sculpted them. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

When ice-rich permafrost thaws, the ground surface subsides, creating what are known as thermokarst ponds – depressions that fill with water. — Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

Watching 2 areas that could become tropical depressions (TDs) this week. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026