Stationary

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsteɪʃ(É™)n(É™)ri/
• US enPR: stāʹshÉ™-nÄ•r-Ä­, IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənÉ›ri/
• Homophones: stationery

Origin

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō ("").

Adjective

1. Not moving.For a few moments, the train remained stationary, before lurching forward along the track.
2. incapable of being moved
3. unchanging

Synonyms

• (not moving) fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
• (incapable of being moved) immobile, unmoveable
• (unchanging) changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

Antonyms

• (not moving) in motion, moving, on the move
• (incapable of being moved) mobile, moveable
• (unchanging) changing, mutable, variable

Full definition of stationary

Noun

1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
2. Misspelling of stationery