Synonyms & related words for recession

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of recession — including downturn, slump, slowdown, crisis, depression, recess. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to recession

Explore words related to recession — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include recessionary, recessional, receding, stagflation, economy, deflation, deflationary, downtrend. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for recession

Common synonyms for recession include downturn, slump, slowdown, crisis, depression, recess, decline, stagnation — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does recession come from?

The word recession breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -cess, from Latin cedo (“go, yield”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.