Inactive

//ɪnˈæktɪv//

Synonyms for "inactive" (140 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (28)

abeyant dead dormant dull flat idle indolent latent motionless passive quiescent sedentary sluggish apathetic asleep at a standstill calm cataleptic catatonic contemplative

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dark dead end defunct deliberate desk bound

Adjective(3 words)

abeyant at rest cessant

Strong matches (42)

disengaged do nothing do-nothing dopey easy extinct foul groggy hasteless heavy immobile in abeyance in suspense inanimate inert inoperative jobless lackadaisical laissez faire laissez-aller

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laissez-faire languid languorous lazy leaden leisure leisurely lethargic lifeless listless logy meditative neuter

Adjective(7 words)

dormant dull fallow idle inert languid latent

Adjective(2 words)

dormant motionless

Related words (70)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More specific

8 entries

asleep calm dead hibernating lazy obsolete stationary vegetative

Antonyms

2 entries

active

Synonyms

6 entries

dormant dull idle motionless nonoperational passive

Related terms

1 entries

delayed

derived

9 entries

bioinactive inactivate inactivation inactive ingredient inactively inactiveness inactivity inactose photoinactive

etymologically related_to

1 entries

unactive

has context

3 entries

chemistry pathology physics

related to

17 entries

active activity broken down duty functioning inactivity inert lethargic light operating optical permanently polarized relatively retired service

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similar

51 entries

abeyant dark dead dead end dead-end desk bound desk-bound deskbound dormant dull flat hands-off

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Translations

60 translations across 23 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

خَامِد adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бездеен adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
запасен adj (retired from duty or service)
инертен adj (relatively inert)
неработещ adj (not functioning or operating; broken down)

Catalan

2 entries

inactiu adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
inactiu adj (relatively inert)

Czech

1 entries

nečinný adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Finnish

4 entries

epäaktiivinen adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
eronnut adj (retired from duty or service)
inaktiivinen adj (relatively inert)
inaktiivinen adj (showing no optical activity in polarized light)

French

1 entries

inactif adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Galician

1 entries

inactivo adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

German

2 entries

inaktiv adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
untätig adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Greek

3 entries

αδρανής adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
αδρανής adj (relatively inert)
χαλασμένος adj (not functioning or operating; broken down)

Hindi

2 entries

अक्रिय adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
निष्क्रिय adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Italian

1 entries

inattivo adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Japanese

3 entries

つまらない adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
不活発な adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
休止中の adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Manx

4 entries

gyn lheihll adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
lhiastagh adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
lhiastey adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
neughastey adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Māori

4 entries

houtete adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
hōngoingoi adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
makuku adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
maurinoho adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

inaktiv adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

inaktiv adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Polish

4 entries

bezczynny adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
bierny adj (relatively inert)
bierny adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
nieaktywny adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Portuguese

1 entries

inativo adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Russian

3 entries

безде́йствующий adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
неакти́вный adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
неде́йствующий adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Slovak

4 entries

inertný adj (relatively inert)
neaktívny adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
neaktívny adj (relatively inert)
nefunkčný adj (not functioning or operating; broken down)

Spanish

1 entries

inactivo adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Swedish

1 entries

inaktiv adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Turkish

2 entries

aktif değil adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)
çalışmıyor adj (not active, temporarily or permanently)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The rain is radiologically inactive this time.

Source: tatoeba (241964)

As long as a bear is relatively inactive, and is not exposed to wind, it does not burn excessive energy in cold weather.

Source: tatoeba (317785)

The inactive child is far more inclined to live in a world of fantasy.

Source: tatoeba (318590)

This volcano has been inactive for hundreds of years.

Source: tatoeba (2825809)

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