Definition for Passivity:

• the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative

Synonyms for Passivity:

• n.

  •agreement (noun)
  • compliance.
  •apathy (noun)
  • dispassion,
  • lassitude,
  • unconcern,
  • detachment,
  • disinterest,
  • dullness,
  • stoicism,
  • coolness,
  • indifference,
  • aloofness,
  • insensibility,
  • coldness,
  • lethargy.
  •compliance (noun)
  • consent,
  • deference,
  • assent,
  • submissiveness,
  • obedience,
  • observance,
  • conformity,
  • resignation,
  • amenability,
  • yielding,
  • complaisance,
  • acquiescence,
  • tractability,
  • docility,
  • concession.
  •ease (noun)
  • inactivity,
  • serenity,
  • idleness,
  • inertness.
  •fatalism (noun)
  • acceptance.
  •inaction (noun)
  • quiescence,
  • ennui,
  • acedia,
  • stagnation,
  • stasis.
  •indifference (noun)
  • laxity,
  • neutrality,
  • Perfunctoriness,
  • lukewarmness,
  • disinterestedness,
  • impartiality,
  • unwillingness,
  • negligence,
  • easygoingness.
  •inertia (noun)
  • oscitancy,
  • stillness,
  • torpor,
  • indolence,
  • languor,
  • paralysis,
  • torpidity,
  • immobility,
  • sloth,
  • apathy,
  • sluggishness,
  • drowsiness,
  • stupor.
  •inertness (noun)
  • hibernation,
  • stagnancy,
  • reposefulness,
  • lifelessness,
  • catatonia,
  • dormancy,
  • Inanimation,
  • motionlessness,
  • coma.
  •insensitivity (noun)
  • nonchalance,
  • hardheartedness,
  • hardness,
  • Stoniness,
  • ruthlessness,
  • Objectiveness,
  • cold-bloodedness,
  • insensitiveness,
  • passionlessness,
  • bluntness,
  • heartlessness,
  • toughness,
  • callousness,
  • numbness.
  •laziness (noun)
  • sleepiness,
  • slackness,
  • remissness,
  • weariness,
  • slowness,
  • languidness.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • tiredness.
  •nonviolence (noun)
  • nonagression,
  • pacifism.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • neglect,
  • standpattism,
  • Lentor,
  • Do-nothingism,
  • default,
  • blank mind,
  • Languishment,
  • blankness,
  • surrender,
  • withdrawnness,
  • humility,
  • laissez faire,
  • adaptation,
  • agreeableness,
  • dutifulness,
  • Reconcilement,
  • respectfulness,
  • contemplation,
  • inactiveness,
  • peace,
  • vegetation,
  • peacefulness,
  • enervation,
  • Lenitude,
  • tranquillity,
  • Unintelligence,
  • homage,
  • empty-headedness,
  • agreeability,
  • acclimatization,
  • meekness,
  • abandonment,
  • do-nothing policy,
  • timidity,
  • reconciliation,
  • agreement,
  • world-weariness,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • tabula rasa,
  • Deathliness,
  • submittal,
  • inanity,
  • comatoseness,
  • Torpitude,
  • nonparticipation,
  • respect,
  • quietism,
  • waiting game,
  • deadliness,
  • somnolence,
  • adjustment,
  • catalepsy,
  • noninvolvement,
  • foolishness,
  • Lethargicalness,
  • resignedness,
  • hopelessness,
  • dereliction,
  • Pococurantism,
  • tameness,
  • passive resistance,
  • vacuity,
  • entropy,
  • watching and waiting,
  • kneeling,
  • stupefaction,
  • lack of appetite,
  • Ataraxy,
  • failing,
  • abeyance,
  • nirvana,
  • meditation,
  • vacancy,
  • benumbedness,
  • hebetude,
  • neutralism,
  • Sopor,
  • compliancy,
  • boredom,
  • Inappetence,
  • failure,
  • spiritlessness,
  • vis inertiae,
  • placidity,
  • policy,
  • suspense,
  • obeisance,
  • oblivion,
  • Inertion,
  • blah,
  • fatigue,
  • subservience,
  • capitulation,
  • humbleness,
  • conformance,
  • acclimation,
  • procrastination,
  • quiet,
  • latency,
  • fatuity,
  • blahs,
  • Conformability,
  • diffidence,
  • nonviolent resistance,
  • jadedness,
  • placidness,
  • adaptability.

Paraphrases for Passivity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    passiveness.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inactivity.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inaction, passive, inertia, apathy, negative.

Antonyms for Passivity:

• n.

  • apathy
    interest, concern, sympathy, sensitivity, warmth, feeling, passion, care.
  • compliance
    dissension, rebellion, veto, disagreement, disobedience, dissent, resistance, difference, fight, defiance, nonconformity, denial, refusal.
  • ease
    excitableness, misery, worry, upset, unrest, furor, unhappiness, uneasiness, turmoil, discontent, dissatisfaction, woe, sorrow, difficulty, displeasure, employment, agitation, restriction, activity, perplexity, work, sadness, action, strife, inhibition, effort, disquiet, disturbance.
  • impassivity
    regard, compassion, caring.
  • inaction
    vigor, happiness, energy.
  • inertia
    life, busyness, animation, liveliness, moving.
  • laziness
    industriousness, hard work, diligence, industry.
  • naturalness
    turbulence, need, labor, violence, want.
  • patience
    impatience, laziness, wildness, frustration, idleness, indifference, weakness, fear, indolence, arousal, intolerance, cowardice, lethargy.
  • unceremoniousness
    trouble.

Hypernym for Passivity:

• n.

  • attribute
    numbness, indifference, torpidness, torpidity, torpor, listlessness, spiritlessness, apathy.

Hyponym for Passivity:

• n.

  • attribute
    inertia, inactivity, inactiveness.