noun
1.
Synonyms: sadness , blues, dejection, (the) dismals, dumps, gloom, heavyheartedness, melancholy, mournfulness, unhappiness
Related Word: boredom, doldrums, ennui, tedium
Contrasted words: glee, hilarity, mirth
Antonyms: buoyancy; elation
2.
a low spot
a depression in the land
Synonyms: basin, concavity, dip, hollow, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole; compare notch 1
Related Word: cavity, hole, pocket, vacuity, vacuum, void; crater, pit; scoop
3.
a period of lowered economic activity and extensive unemployment
indicators that warn of a coming depression
Synonyms: recession, slump, stagnation
Related Word: crash, decline, dislocation, drop; sag; paralysis; ||stagflation
Contrasted words: expansion; booming, development, growth; advancement, progress
Antonyms: boom