Definition for Inert:

• Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

Synonyms for Inert:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • indifferent.
  •asleep (adjective)
  • out of it,
  • comatose,
  • Reposing,
  • hibernating,
  • Resting,
  • slumbering,
  • somnolent.
  •dead (adjective)
  • extinct,
  • insensitive,
  • senseless,
  • wooden,
  • Numbed,
  • callous,
  • cold,
  • lifeless,
  • unanimated,
  • lukewarm,
  • gone,
  • flat,
  • defunct,
  • frigid,
  • spiritless,
  • unfeeling.
  •dormant (adjective)
  • fallow,
  • abeyant,
  • suspended,
  • smoldering.
  •dull (adjective)
  • unsympathetic,
  • heavy,
  • placid,
  • even,
  • insensible.
  •gray (adjective)
  • leaden.
  •idle (adjective)
  • unemployed,
  • untouched,
  • leisured.
  •inactive (adjective)
  • supine,
  • quiescent.
  •inanimate (adjective)
  • soulless,
  • insensate.
  •inert (adjective)
  • unreactive,
  • dull,
  • immobile,
  • idle,
  • vegetative,
  • paralytic,
  • sleepy,
  • phlegmatic,
  • catatonic,
  • quiet,
  • sluggard,
  • numb,
  • down,
  • apathetic,
  • sedentary,
  • impotent,
  • indolent,
  • slumberous,
  • inactive.
  •latent (adjective)
  • in abeyance.
  •lethargic (adjective)
  • hebetudinous.
  •motionless (adjective)
  • immotile,
  • tranquil,
  • becalmed,
  • fixed,
  • standing,
  • calm.
  •passive (adjective)
  • complaisant,
  • acquiescent,
  • yielding,
  • submissive.

• n.

  •
  • impassive,
  • emotionless,
  • unresponsive,
  • unemotional.
  •
  • at rest.
  •inert (noun)
  • nonmoving.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stock-still,
  • shiftless.
  •
  • vegetable,
  • idly,
  • undisturbed,
  • hidden,
  • inoperative.
  •
  • stability.
  •
  • rest.
  •comatose
  • unconscious.
  •Other relevant words:
  • sitting,
  • inorganic,
  • immutable,
  • mulish,
  • drowsy,
  • unshaken,
  • creeping,
  • unperturbed,
  • permanent,
  • uninfluential,
  • maudlin,
  • Lethargical,
  • cool,
  • desiccate,
  • stupefied,
  • lax,
  • do-nothing,
  • obtuse,
  • squashy,
  • slow-going,
  • groggy,
  • impersonal,
  • remiss,
  • inexorable,
  • swampy,
  • in-situ,
  • laid-back,
  • invariable,
  • enervated,
  • argon,
  • bored,
  • unremitting,
  • drugged,
  • moribund,
  • Pig-headed,
  • Statical,
  • immoveable,
  • quietist,
  • in suspense,
  • dragging,
  • incommutable,
  • unbiassed,
  • resistless,
  • laggard,
  • logy,
  • unchanged,
  • impervious,
  • nonconscious,
  • nonreversible,
  • immovable,
  • dopey,
  • undeviating,
  • boggy,
  • soporific,
  • serene,
  • strikebound,
  • tolerable,
  • unruffled,
  • changeless,
  • benumbed,
  • unbiased,
  • cataleptic,
  • Inanimated,
  • Intransmutable,
  • muddy,
  • Stagnating,
  • off,
  • noble gas,
  • lumpish,
  • peaceful,
  • underactive,
  • unsusceptible,
  • blase,
  • smooth,
  • lingering,
  • otiose,
  • sloppy,
  • immaterial,
  • unchangeable,
  • mute,
  • Half-hearted,
  • lasting,
  • weary,
  • mucky,
  • irretrievable,
  • hard,
  • standpat,
  • quench,
  • Casehardened,
  • blunt,
  • noble,
  • unresisting,
  • inflexible,
  • unreturnable,
  • stuporous,
  • obstinate,
  • Lusk,
  • tame,
  • slow-paced,
  • Torporific,
  • Procrastinating,
  • dumb,
  • world-weary,
  • unaltered,
  • anaesthetic,
  • Torpedinous,
  • contemplative,
  • sulky,
  • Reverseless,
  • jaded,
  • meditative,
  • immobilized,
  • radon,
  • unaffected,
  • Stultified,
  • wan,
  • irrevocable,
  • Pococurante,
  • laissez faire,
  • helium,
  • stoned,
  • chemically unreactive,
  • constant,
  • irreversible,
  • neuter,
  • Pooped,
  • Unvariable,
  • foul,
  • neon,
  • deskbound,
  • stubborn,
  • sated,
  • not moving,
  • hardened,
  • uncaring,
  • unmodifiable,
  • droopy,
  • insouciant,
  • Dronish,
  • soggy,
  • unchanging,
  • xenon,
  • dispassionate,
  • gradual,
  • unvarying,
  • balky,
  • slow-footed,
  • abiotic,
  • uninterested,
  • unshakable,
  • dilatory,
  • unalterable,
  • nonliving,
  • Quietistic,
  • paralysed,
  • passable,
  • doughy,
  • nonreturnable,
  • tenacious,
  • tardy,
  • electroneutral,
  • pacific,
  • unaroused,
  • indefeasible,
  • Chloroformed,
  • krypton,
  • low,
  • debilitated,
  • determined,
  • unmoved,
  • waterlogged,
  • inconvertible,
  • imperturbable,
  • obdurate,
  • Leuco-,
  • abject,
  • inured,
  • limp,
  • unawake,
  • non-aggressive,
  • unconcerned.

Paraphrases for Inert:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    inactive.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    passive, idle, noble.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unresponsive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inertia.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    inoperative.

Antonyms for Inert:

• adj.

  • asleep
    awake, conscious, attentive.
  • dead
    Subsisting, existent, spirited, being, warm, living, live, interested, responsive, existing.
  • dull
    vivacious, quick, eventful, exciting, interesting, sensitive.
  • fallow
    developed, used, cultivated.
  • idle
    employed, productive, busy.
  • inanimate
    animate.
  • inert
    working, active, mobile, alive, moving, animated, lively.
  • Other antonyms:
    workable, dynamic, industrious, hardworking, running, operable, zippy, usable, going, useful, feasible, kinetic, viable, practical.