inactive | Definition of inactive

Synonyms and Antonyms of inactive

1 slow to move or act

it's easiest to catch snakes early in the morning, while they're still cold and inactive

Synonyms of inactive

dull, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid

Words Related to inactive

ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly

dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still

dopey (also dopy), drugged

asleep, drowsy, somnambulant

catatonic, comatose

Near Antonyms of inactive

busy, engaged, occupied, working

animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous

Antonyms of inactive

2 not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

an inactive oil well

Synonyms of inactive

dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacant

Words Related to inactive

abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended

asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy

inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless

Phrases Synonymous with inactive

at rest, on the shelf, out of commission

Near Antonyms of inactive

functional, operable, operational, workable

assiduous, industrious, sedulous

energetic, vigorous

feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable

Antonyms of inactive

active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working