All inactivity synonyms

noun inactivity

• sluggish — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
• stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
• lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
• torpor — sluggish inactivity or inertia.
• dormancy — the state of being dormant.
• torpidity — inactive or sluggish.
• slothfulness — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
• slouch — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
• idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
• sloth — habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
• leisure — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
• loafing — to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
• shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
• stupor — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
• slowness — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• truancy — the act or state of being truant.
• indolence — the quality or state of being indolent.
• inertness — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
• inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
• trifling — of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
• dawdling — proceeding at a slow pace
• unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
• droning — to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.
• hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
• inoperative — not operative; not in operation.
• laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
• motionless — without motion: a motionless statue.
• joblessness — without a job.
• immobility — the quality or condition of being immobile or irremovable.
• lazing — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
• stillness — silence; quiet; hush.
• loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• inaction — absence of action; idleness.
• otiosity — being at leisure; idle; indolent.
• sedentariness — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
• pottering — putter1 .
• laziness — lazy evaluation
• time on one's hands — an interval with nothing to do
• quietness — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• sleepily — ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.