Synonyms for inactive

Adjective

1. inactive, unreactive (vs. reactive)

usage: not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

2. inactive (vs. active), arrested, in remission, dead-end, indolent, latent, quiescent

usage: not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

3. inactive (vs. active), quiescent

usage: not active or exerting influence

4. extinct (vs. active) (vs. dormant), inactive, dead

usage: of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"

5. dormant (vs. extinct) (vs. active), inactive, quiescent

usage: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"

6. passive (vs. active), inactive, hands-off, resistless, supine, unresisting

usage: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith

7. inactive (vs. active), closed, dark, dead, dull, slow, sluggish, idle, unused, strikebound

usage: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"

8. inactive (vs. active), off(predicate), off duty(predicate), off-duty(prenominal), on leave, retired

usage: not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" ; "an inactive member of the department"

9. inactive (vs. active), desk-bound, deskbound, dormant, hypoactive, underactive, inert, sluggish, torpid, sedentary, lethargic#1, unergetic

usage: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

10. inactive, reserve(prenominal), nonoperational (vs. operational)

usage: not engaged in military action

11. inactive, motionless, static, still, nonmoving (vs. moving), unmoving

usage: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"

12. abeyant, inactive, in abeyance(predicate), suspended, delayed (vs. expedited)

usage: temporarily inactive