Main entry: inactive, passive
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Usage: Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself- George Meredith
Antonyms: active
Definition: disposed to take action or effectuate change
Main entry: inactive
Definition: not active physically or mentally
Usage: illness forced him to live an inactive life; dreamy and inactive by nature
Antonyms: active
Definition: characterized by energetic activity
Antonyms: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
Main entry: inactive
Definition: not engaged in full-time work
Usage: inactive reserve; an inactive member
Antonyms: active
Definition: engaged in full-time work
Antonyms: on
Definition: in operation or operational
Antonyms: on
Definition: (of events) planned or scheduled
Main entry: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Usage: an inactive mine; inactive accounts; inactive machinery
Antonyms: active
Definition: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
Definition: having abundant light or illumination
Antonyms: light
Definition: characterized by or emitting light
Antonyms: light, light-colored
Definition: (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
Antonyms: living
Definition: people who are still living
Definition: possessing life
Antonyms: live
Definition: exerting force or containing energy
Antonyms: run
Definition: be operating, running or functioning
Antonyms: work
Definition: exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
Antonyms: busy
Definition: actively or fully engaged or occupied
Antonyms: sharpen
Definition: make sharp or sharper
Antonyms: bright
Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Antonyms: lively
Definition: full of life and energy
Antonyms: fast
Definition: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
Antonyms: fast
Definition: at a rapid tempo
Antonyms: fast
Definition: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
Main entry: inactive
Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Antonyms: active
Definition: tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Antonyms: contrasty
Definition: having sharp differences between black and white
Antonyms: natural
Definition: (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Main entry: inactive
Definition: not exerting influence or change
Antonyms: active
Definition: exerting influence or producing a change or effect
Main entry: inactive, dormant
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Usage: a dormant volcano
Antonyms: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
Main entry: inactive, nonoperational
Definition: (military) not involved in military operations
Antonyms: operational
Definition: (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
Main entry: motionless, inactive, static, still
Definition: not in physical motion
Usage: the inertia of an object at rest
Antonyms: moving
Definition: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
Antonyms: moving
Definition: in motion
Main entry: inactive
Definition: (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
Usage: desired amounts of inactive chlorine
Antonyms: reactive
Definition: participating readily in reactions