Definition for Inaction:

• a state of no activity

Synonyms for Inaction:

• n.

  •
  • evasion,
  • inertness,
  • inoperativeness,
  • suspended animation,
  • failure,
  • avoidance.
  •abeyance (noun)
  • adjournment,
  • suspension,
  • reservation,
  • abeyance.
  •failure (noun)
  • default.
  •inaction (noun)
  • stagnation,
  • inactivity,
  • passiveness,
  • hibernation,
  • idleness,
  • lethargy,
  • rest,
  • dormancy,
  • inactiveness,
  • immobility,
  • standstill.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • drowsiness,
  • torpidity,
  • languor,
  • lassitude,
  • languidness,
  • hebetude,
  • torpor.
  •repose (noun)
  • leisure,
  • quiescence.
  •silence (noun)
  • stillness.
  •state (noun)
  • inactiveness,
  • inactivity.
  •state of doing nothing (noun)
  • idleness,
  • slothfulness,
  • torpidity,
  • stagnation,
  • fecklessness,
  • inertia,
  • inertness,
  • ennui,
  • dormancy,
  • doldrums,
  • torpor,
  • Otiosity,
  • deferral,
  • lassitude,
  • quietude,
  • suspension,
  • passivity,
  • depression,
  • lethargy,
  • indolence,
  • quiescence,
  • inactivity,
  • stasis,
  • Deliquescence,
  • acedia.
  •stop (noun)
  • standstill.

• v.

  •rest (verb)
  • repose.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • avoidance,
  • stability,
  • evasion,
  • inertness,
  • inoperativeness,
  • disuse,
  • stasis.
  •
  • quiescent,
  • suspended animation.
  •
  • failure.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hebetude,
  • insensible,
  • defect,
  • dullness,
  • immovable,
  • waiting game,
  • failing,
  • fixed,
  • in practice,
  • indolence,
  • fecklessness,
  • dull,
  • slothfulness,
  • fixity,
  • in action,
  • functional,
  • Inertion,
  • deferral,
  • paralysis,
  • doldrums,
  • quiescence,
  • inactivity,
  • shiftlessness,
  • quietude,
  • laxity,
  • passive,
  • quietism,
  • slackness,
  • stasis,
  • latency,
  • immobile,
  • quiescent,
  • motionlessness,
  • inactiveness,
  • lassitude,
  • lapse,
  • negligence,
  • acting,
  • acedia,
  • nonresistance,
  • contemplation,
  • being inactive,
  • going on,
  • depression,
  • drowsiness,
  • inactive,
  • neglect,
  • avoidance,
  • inoperativeness,
  • dereliction,
  • procrastination,
  • placidity,
  • lifeless,
  • still,
  • nonviolence,
  • stationary,
  • drift,
  • oversight,
  • neutrality,
  • inert,
  • dormant,
  • vegetation,
  • aestivation,
  • nonparticipation,
  • remissness,
  • unmoving,
  • sluggishness,
  • listlessness,
  • noninvolvement,
  • torpidity,
  • laxness,
  • ennui,
  • stagnant,
  • disuse,
  • sloth,
  • tranquillity,
  • faineance,
  • failure,
  • indifference,
  • passive resistance,
  • in force,
  • Non-performance,
  • vis inertiae,
  • pacifism,
  • sit back,
  • torpid,
  • evasion,
  • indolent,
  • repose,
  • stability,
  • fixation,
  • fault,
  • neglectfulness,
  • languidness,
  • start,
  • dead,
  • motionless,
  • obstinacy,
  • languor,
  • suspended animation,
  • Deliquescence,
  • abstention,
  • performing,
  • operating,
  • sluggish,
  • running,
  • laziness,
  • ongoing,
  • inertia,
  • oscitancy,
  • inertness,
  • laissez faire,
  • slow,
  • in the works,
  • leisure,
  • in hand,
  • Otiosity,
  • extinction,
  • abstinence,
  • operational,
  • Non-fulfilment,
  • apathy,
  • working,
  • going,
  • in operation,
  • functioning,
  • passivity,
  • idle,
  • default,
  • loafing,
  • desuetude,
  • in process,
  • practicing,
  • anergy,
  • serving,
  • stillness,
  • lull,
  • static,
  • meditation,
  • passivism,
  • rigid,
  • torpor,
  • active,
  • Refraining,
  • Dolce Far Niente.

Antonyms for Inaction:

• n.

  • state
    activeness, activity, action.
  • state of doing nothing
    busyness, happiness, vigor, liveliness, energy, action.
  • Other antonyms:
    diligence, industry, robustness, employment, jazziness, exuberance, animateness, business, briskness, sprightliness, liveliness, vibrancy, industriousness, assiduousness, peppiness, occupation, vivacity, assiduity.

Hypernym for Inaction:

• n.

  • state
    check, desuetude, stoppage, stagnancy, doldrums, quiescence, extinction, anergy, calcification, quiescency, abeyance, stasis, rest, suspension, arrest, halt, holding pattern, deep freeze, hitch, dormancy, stagnation, stay, stop.

Hyponym for Inaction:

• n.

  • state
    state.