Definition for Passivity:

• the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative

Synonyms for Passivity:

• n.

  •agreement (noun)
  • compliance.
  •apathy (noun)
  • disregard,
  • dullness,
  • coolness,
  • lethargy,
  • indifference,
  • insensibility,
  • dispassion,
  • lassitude,
  • coldness,
  • unconcern,
  • detachment,
  • aloofness,
  • stoicism,
  • heedlessness,
  • disinterest.
  •attribute (noun)
  • passivity.
  •compliance (noun)
  • deference,
  • complaisance,
  • docilities,
  • concession,
  • amenability,
  • concurrence,
  • yielding,
  • docility,
  • conformity,
  • tractability,
  • obedience,
  • consent,
  • submissiveness,
  • acquiescence,
  • observance,
  • assent,
  • resignation.
  •compliancy (noun)
  • tractableness,
  • conforming,
  • amenableness.
  •ease (noun)
  • happiness,
  • comfort,
  • prosperity,
  • inertness,
  • calm,
  • inactivity,
  • quietness,
  • easiness,
  • enjoyment,
  • calmness,
  • rest,
  • contentment,
  • serenity,
  • tranquility,
  • content,
  • gratification,
  • bed of roses,
  • affluence,
  • peace of mind,
  • quietude,
  • satisfaction,
  • security,
  • luxury,
  • repose,
  • idleness.
  •fatalism (noun)
  • acceptance.
  •frigidity (noun)
  • frigidity.
  •pacifism (noun)
  • nonagression.
  •patience (noun)
  • constancy,
  • moxie,
  • composure,
  • cool,
  • gutsiness,
  • starch,
  • humility,
  • long-suffering,
  • equanimity,
  • grit,
  • fortitude,
  • poise,
  • bearing,
  • restraint,
  • staying power,
  • diligence,
  • intestinal fortitude,
  • persistence,
  • moderation,
  • backbone,
  • perseverance,
  • imperturbability,
  • endurance,
  • forbearance,
  • guts,
  • heart,
  • leniency,
  • tolerance,
  • legs,
  • self-control.
  •stoicism (noun)
  • sobriety.
  •submission (noun)
  • meekness,
  • capitulation,
  • cringing,
  • Submitting,
  • servility,
  • Recreancy,
  • giving in,
  • malleability,
  • backing down,
  • appeasement,
  • humbleness,
  • surrender,
  • bowing,
  • prostration.
  •uninterest (noun)
  • un interests,
  • un-interests,
  • un interest,
  • un-interest.
  •unresponsiveness (noun)
  • un responsivenesses,
  • un-responsivenesses,
  • un responsiveness,
  • un-responsiveness.
  •unrestraint (noun)
  • un restraints,
  • un-restraints,
  • un restraint,
  • un-restraint.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • ataraxia,
  • defeatism,
  • determinism,
  • dilatoriness,
  • dreaminess,
  • ease,
  • emotionlessness,
  • faineance,
  • fatalism,
  • heaviness,
  • impassivity,
  • inaction,
  • inertia,
  • insensitivity,
  • insouciance,
  • laxness,
  • laziness,
  • leisure,
  • leisureliness,
  • listlessness,
  • longanimity,
  • naturalness,
  • neglectfulness,
  • nonresistance,
  • nonviolence,
  • passiveness,
  • passivism,
  • patience,
  • peaceableness,
  • phlegm,
  • predestination,
  • relaxation,
  • restfulness,
  • shiftlessness,
  • slothfulness,
  • stolidity,
  • stolidness,
  • subjection,
  • submission,
  • sufferance,
  • toleration,
  • torpidness,
  • unassertiveness,
  • unceremoniousness,
  • unresponsiveness,
  • unrestraint,
  • Do-nothingness,
  • Incuriosity,
  • Incuriousness,
  • Insensibleness,
  • Necessitarianism,
  • Otiosity,
  • Torpescence,
  • Faineancy,
  • predestinarianism,
  • Supinity,
  • submissions,
  • halfheartedness,
  • supineness,
  • sluggardness,
  • uninterest,
  • Non-resistance,
  • even temper,
  • lackadaisicalness,
  • languorousness,
  • otioseness,
  • bowings,
  • pliabilty,
  • requiescence,
  • selfcontrol,
  • destinism.

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.

Passivity Sentence Examples:

• The beverage was too much for him, and he retired to his room in a state of unconscious passivity.

• Before the bland passivity of this remark it seemed that irony itself must soften.

Hypernym for Passivity:

• n.

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

Hyponym for Passivity:

• n.

  • attribute
    inertia, inactivity, inactiveness.