Synonyms for inertia
ɪnˈɜr ʃə, ɪˈnɜr-in·er·ti·a

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1. inertianoun

   In a person, unwillingness to take action.

   Synonyms:
   slothfulness, idleness, laziness, sloth

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1. inertianoun

   Synonyms:
   cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inactivity, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering, suspension

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. inactiveness, inactivity, inertianoun

   a disposition to remain inactive or inert

   "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

   Synonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

2. inertianoun

   (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force

   Synonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness

Matched Categories

1. • Mechanical Phenomenon
   • Physics
   • Trait

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1. inertianoun

   Synonyms:
   inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move

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1. List of paraphrases for "inertia":

   inaction, indolence, inactivity, immobility, inert, apathy, passivity, inertial, sluggishness, slackness, slowness, stagnation

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1. Kathleen Cullen:

   There's a really profound fundamental thing that happens in the brain of people like dancers or skaters over lots and lots of practice. And that's basically a change in the way the brain is processing information, when you spin around, you're activating the semicircular canals, rotation sensors. They're filled with fluid and they're sensing your rotation. But when you stop, the fluid has inertia and it tends to continue to move. They actually get a false sensation of movement.

2. Murat Toprak:

   Even if we put aside the Fed, we still have this political uncertainty and we are seeing an inertia in monetary policy, historically ... we have seen the central bank be a bit more active when the currency falls, but despite the record lows for the Turkish lira, the reaction of the central bank has been extremely limited.

3. Roberto Valdovinos:

   These (programs) are often mandated on a national level, but out in the townships they arent enforced, because of inertia.

4. Natalie Dautovich:

   It's more difficult to awaken from [this stage] of sleep than [others], whenever you wake up from a deeper stage of sleep, you can experience sleep inertia, which is a feeling of disorientation.

5. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.