What is another word for inaction?
244 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪnˈakʃən], [ ɪnˈakʃən], [ ɪ_n_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for inaction:- abeyance (noun)
- failure (noun)
- hebetude (noun)
- inaction (noun)
- laissez-faire (noun)
- languor (noun)
- lethargy (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- repose (noun)
- standstill (noun)
- state (noun)
- untroubledness (noun)
- other synonyms
- delay
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Inaction:
n.
•abeyance (noun) •failure (noun) •hebetude (noun) •inaction (noun)- idleness,
- rest,
- inactivity,
- dormancy,
- standstill,
- hibernation,
- stagnation,
- inactiveness,
- passiveness,
- immobility.
- noninterferences,
- in-differences,
- non-interventions,
- laissezfaire,
- in-difference,
- for most,
- in differences,
- part unrestrained by law free trades,
- in-actions,
- laisser passers,
- donothing policies,
- non interference,
- non interferences,
- donothing policy,
- do-nothing policies,
- non-restriction,
- noninterventions,
- live and let lives,
- non restrictions,
- do nothing policies,
- non-restrictions,
- nonrestrictions,
- non intervention,
- letalone policy,
- let-alone policies,
- non-interferences,
- do nothing policy,
- laisser allers,
- in difference,
- letalone policies,
- live let live,
- in-action,
- Permissivenesses,
- let alone policy,
- non interventions,
- live let lives,
- non restriction,
- let alone policies.
- insouciance,
- leadenness,
- languidness,
- lassitude,
- torpidness,
- torpidity,
- torpor,
- hebetude,
- languor,
- drowsiness,
- inanition,
- supineness,
- unmindfulness.
- lethargy,
- let-alone policy,
- quietness,
- permissiveness,
- laissez-faire,
- noninterference,
- lifelessness,
- repose,
- passiven,
- non-interference,
- in action,
- do-nothing policy,
- laissez faire,
- in actions,
- tranquillity,
- sluggishness,
- non-intervention,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- peacefulness,
- untroubledness,
- live and let live,
- for the most,
- laisser aller,
- part unrestrained by law free trade,
- nonintervention,
- nonrestriction,
- dead stop,
- laisser passer.
- de lays,
- de-lay,
- dead stops,
- de-lays,
- de lay.
Other synonyms:
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- disuse,
- evasion,
- inertness,
- avoidance,
- stasis,
- conservatism,
- footdragging,
- inoperativeness,
- stability.
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- failure.
- nonresistance,
- noninvolvement,
- going on,
- quietude,
- stagnant,
- slothfulness,
- motionlessness,
- doldrums,
- functional,
- deferral,
- start,
- slow,
- failing,
- acedia,
- in operation,
- quietism,
- in hand,
- acting,
- passivity,
- motionless,
- torpid,
- fixation,
- sloth,
- contemplation,
- practicing,
- lifeless,
- faineance,
- in practice,
- static,
- pacifism,
- stationary,
- lull,
- indolent,
- meditation,
- indifference,
- operational,
- Otiosity,
- neglectfulness,
- listlessness,
- in process,
- Inertion,
- negligence,
- functioning,
- shiftlessness,
- vegetation,
- aestivation,
- dormant,
- operating,
- waiting game,
- idle,
- nonparticipation,
- apathy,
- inertia,
- sluggish,
- anergy,
- ennui,
- oversight,
- ongoing,
- running,
- latency,
- quiescence,
- depression,
- abstention,
- drift,
- working,
- laxity,
- abstinence,
- leisure,
- laxness,
- neutrality,
- loafing,
- dullness,
- immovable,
- lapse,
- Deliquescence,
- serving,
- in force,
- Non-fulfilment,
- procrastination,
- obstinacy,
- nonviolence,
- desuetude,
- Non-performance,
- vis inertiae,
- still,
- remissness,
- rigid,
- defect,
- passivism,
- fixity,
- indolence,
- going,
- sit back,
- inert,
- paralysis,
- Refraining,
- slackness,
- performing,
- fixed,
- neglect,
- oscitancy,
- dereliction,
- dull,
- unmoving,
- extinction,
- fault,
- immobile,
- fecklessness,
- stillness,
- Dolce Far Niente,
- dead,
- inactive,
- passive,
- passive resistance,
- active,
- insensible,
- being inactive,
- laziness,
- in the works.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
inactivity.
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Noun, singular or mass
inactivity.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
stagnation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
failure, complacency, inactive, neglect, negligence, paralysis, relaxation, downtime, absence.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
inertia, non-action, passivity, passiveness, immobility, indifference, slackness, apathy, laxity, idleness.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Inaction:
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n.
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state
activeness, activity, action.
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Other antonyms:
diligence, industry, robustness, employment, jazziness, exuberance, animateness, business, briskness, sprightliness, liveliness, vibrancy, industriousness, assiduousness, peppiness, occupation, vivacity, assiduity.
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state
Hypernym for Inaction:
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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.
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state
Hyponym for Inaction:
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state
state.
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state