INACTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does inaction mean?
• INACTION (noun)
The noun INACTION has 1 sense:
1. the state of being inactive
Familiarity information: INACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INACTION (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being inactive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
inaction; inactiveness; inactivity
Hypernyms ("inaction" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inaction"):
abeyance; suspension (temporary cessation or suspension)
stagnancy; stagnation (inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation)
doldrums; stagnancy; stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))
rest (a state of inaction)
holding pattern (a state of inaction with no progress and no change)
extinction (no longer active; extinguished)
dormancy; quiescence; quiescency (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction)
desuetude (a state of inactivity or disuse)
deep freeze (temporary inactivity or suspension)
calcification (an inflexible and unchanging state)
arrest; check; halt; hitch; stay; stop; stoppage (the state of inactivity following an interruption)
anergy (inactivity and lack of energy)
stasis (inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces)
Antonym:
action (the state of being active)
