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Synonyms for "passive" (232 found)

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Informal (24)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

flat heavy dead

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

cool blank humble standing

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

even slack still

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, slang(5 words)

active static vegetable sleepy paralytic

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(3 words)

asleep frigid spunkless

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Prep_phrase, slang(1 words)

Name, slang(1 words)

General use (208)

Adj, name, verb(3 words)

Adj, noun, verb(12 words)

foul empty moderate bearing unaffected enduring abject inert neuter sleeping forbearing slumbering

Adjective(89 words)

shy idle thoughtless sluggish apathetic lifeless heartless impassive spiritless receptive compliant inactive hopeless languorous implicit oblivious listless pliable unmoved quiescent

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Adj, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(5 words)

idle gentle middle yielding serene

Adj, adv, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun(41 words)

agreeable neutral languid independent inane soporific silent olympian mild flexible stoic submissive supine potential laissez faire inactive latent dormant phlegmatic servile

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torpid bovine catatonic tolerant stationary contemplative immobile laissez-faire reflexive obedient sedentary nonpartisan cataleptic uncaring laodicean do-nothing centrist long-suffering logy ovine nonresistant

Adj, adv, noun(3 words)

indifferent fifty-fifty half-and-half

Adj, verb(20 words)

leaden detached subdued relaxed numb untouched withdrawn unthinking dispassionate suspended stupefied resigned benumbed accepting consenting paralyzed repressed accommodating unshaken complying

Adj, adv, prep(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adjective(2 words)

inactive peaceful

Adj, name(2 words)

Verb(8 words)

do nothing procrastinating stagnating numbed assenting reconciled desensitized adapting

Prep_phrase(3 words)

in suspense in abeyance on the fence

Noun, verb(2 words)

smoldering adjusting

empty headed blankminded laissez-aller in a stupor third-force thoughtfree

Noun(4 words)

quietist passive voice active voice middle voice

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