All inert synonyms
inΒ·ert
I i adj inert
- dormant β lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- motionless β without motion: a motionless statue.
- immobile β incapable of moving or being moved.
- impotent β not potent; lacking power or ability.
- passive β not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- inactive β not active: an inactive volcano.
- paralyzed β to affect with paralysis.
- listless β having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- powerless β unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- sluggard β a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
- sluggish β indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- static β pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- still β remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
- stolid β not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- torpid β inactive or sluggish.
- unmoving β not moving; still; motionless.
- unresponsive β responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- languorous β characterized by languor; languid.
- slumberous β sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- unreactive β tending to react.
- apathetic β If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- asleep β Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
- dead β A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- impassive β without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- inanimate β not animate; lifeless.
- indolent β having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
- languid β lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- lazy β averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- leaden β inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.
- numb β deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- phlegmatic β not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- quiescent β being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- slack β not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- sleepy β ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- slothful β sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
adjective inert
- lifeless β not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- unmotivated β to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- slow β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- lethargic β of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- unwilling β not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.