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Word | Sedentary |
used of persons or actions; forced by illness to lead a sedentary life / requiring sitting or little activity / Accustomed to sit much or long / requiring sitting / (of a person) tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive. / doing or involving a lot of sitting : not doing or involving much physical activity / staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places, | |
Usage | ⇒ The young girl felt the new job as sedentary ⇒ Sitting all day at the computer, Sharon grew to resent the sedentary nature of her job. ⇒ Editing the dictionary is a sedentary job. ⇒ Unfortunately, I am the most sedentary person there is. |
Synonyms | inactive, stationary, motionless, dormant, sluggish, sitting, idle, inert, passive, fixed, immobile, lifeless, quiescent, seated, torpid, unmoving, apathetic, languid, languorous, settled, |
Antonyms | mobile, active, energetic, migratory, moving, able, activated, active voice, adroit, agile, airy, alive, animated, astute, athletic, bustling, capable, changeable, clever, dapper, |
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