Need another word that means the same as “sedentary”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “sedentary” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Sedentary” are: sitting, seated, desk-bound, inactive, still, stationary
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sedentary” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
desk-bound | Restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity. |
inactive | Not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert. Inactive accounts. |
seated | Sitting down. The audience remained seated. |
sitting | (of a hen or other bird) settled on eggs for the purpose of incubating them. A sitting position. |
stationary | Standing still. The car remained stationary with the engine running. |
still | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves. She sat very still her eyes closed. |
already | Prior to a specified or implied time. It was already past four o clock. |
complacency | The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself. His complacency was absolutely disgusting. |
constancy | The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation. Early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds. |
dormant | In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. That dormant urge to write fiction has re emerged. |
fixed | Of a number having a fixed and unchanging value. A fixed smile. |
idleness | The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work. We suffered a period of enforced idleness. |
immobile | Not capable of movement or of being moved. She sat immobile for a long time. |
immobility | The quality of not moving. The disorder is caused by long periods of immobility. |
immovable | Immovable property. The immovable hills. |
inaction | The state of being inactive. Future generations will condemn us for inaction. |
inactive | Not exerting influence or change. The inactive X chromosome. |
inactivity | A disposition to remain inactive or inert. Don t suddenly take up violent exercise after years of inactivity. |
inert | Unable to move or resist motion. An inert political system. |
lull | Calm by deception. Conversation lulled for an hour. |
motionless | Not in physical motion. An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground. |
nonetheless | Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession. The rally which the government had declared illegal was nonetheless attended by some 6 000. |
quiescence | Inactivity or dormancy. This method has been shown to induce sleep like quiescence in adult animals. |
quiescent | Marked by a state of tranquil repose. The quiescent melancholy of the town. |
ready | Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use event etc. Ready to learn to read. |
settled | Not changeable. A period of settled weather. |
stable | Shelter in a stable. Prices have remained relatively stable. |
standing | Executed in or initiated from a standing position. A standing army. |
static | Concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity. The reception was going sour breaking up into static. |
statics | The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium. |
stationary | Not moving or not intended to be moved. Stationary machinery. |
steadfast | Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering. Steadfast loyalty. |
still | A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation. Film stills. |
torpid | In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. Torpid frogs. |
tranquilize | Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. |
unmoving | Not stirring any emotion. This must be the most unmoving performance of Verdi s opera ever recorded. |
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