Synonyms of stasis

stasis

noun

ˈstā-səs 

as in equilibrium

a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another

for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equilibrium
• equilibration
• balance
• poise
• equipoise
• counterpoise
• stability
• steadiness
• counterbalance
• offset
• security
• firmness
• fixedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imbalance
• disequilibrium
• unbalance
• nonequilibrium
• instability
• fluctuation
• volatility
• insecurity
• mutability
• precariousness
• unsteadiness
• changeability
• inconstancy
• disequilibration
• shakiness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of stasis

Technology has advanced at the same rate that freedoms have regressed, and so the film’s sterile world feels caught in a semi-permanent stasis. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024

There’s a weak, Hollywood-friendly structure here of lessons learned and conflicts resolved, but beyond Mother’s insular world of ambition and longing and stasis, nothing has been fleshed out in a way that supports the story. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024

The labor market is in stasis, and the question now is how that eventually changes. —Courtenay Brown, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024

Constipation could usually be resolved by a change of diet, but in persistent cases of intestinal stasis, Lane proposed a more extreme solution. —Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024