Entry Word: inactive

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 slow to move or act <itʼs easiest to catch snakes early in the morning, while theyʼre still cold and inactive>

Synonyms dull, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid

Related Words apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, slothful; dormant, inanimate, motionless, sedentary, static, still; dead; dopey, drugged

Near Antonyms busy, engaged, occupied, working; animated, dynamic, energetic, lively, sprightly, vigorous; assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious

Antonyms active

2 not being in a state of use, activity, or employment <an inactive oil well>

Synonyms dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, vacant

Related Words arrested, interrupted, suspended; asleep, lifeless, quiescent, sleepy; inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dead, dull, slow

Phrases out of commission

Near Antonyms functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable, useful, viable

Antonyms active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, on, operating, operative, running, working