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| Main Entry: | stagnant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motionless, dirty |
| Synonyms: | brackish, dead, dormant, filthy, foul, idle, immobile, inactive, inert, lifeless, listless, passive, putrid, quiet, sluggish, stale, standing, static, stationary, still, unmoving |
| Antonyms: | moving |
| Main Entry: | immobile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motionless, fixed |
| Synonyms: | frozen, immovable, pat, quiescent, rigid, rooted, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, steadfast, stiff, still, stolid, unmoving, anchored, at a standstill, at rest, immobilized, immotile, nailed, nailed down, riveted, stock-still, unmovable |
| Antonyms: | mobile, movable, moving, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | motionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, not moving |
| Synonyms: | dead, deathly, firm, fixed, frozen, immobile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, standing, static, stationary, steadfast, still, torpid, unmoved, unmoving, apoplectic, at a standstill, at rest, becalmed, deadlocked, halted, immotile, stalled, stock-still, transfixed, unmovable |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, lively, mobile, moving |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
| Synonyms: | aromatic, balmy, dank, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, moldy, musty, nauseous, offensive, perfumed, pungent, putrid, redolent, rotten, savory, scented, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, unsavory, effluvious, miasmic, odoriferant, odoriferous, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumy, reeking, savorous, scent-laden, scentful, skunky, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, whiffy |
| Notes: | odoriferous means 'having an odor or fragrance' while odorous refers to something smelly |
| Antonyms: | odorless |
| Main Entry: | quiescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, immobile, inert, inoperative, latent, motionless, passive, quiet, stagnant, still, at rest, deactivated, in abeyance, slumbering |
| Antonyms: | active |
| Main Entry: | sluggish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, slow-moving |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, comatose, dopey*, down, dragging, heavy, inactive, indolent, inert, laid-back*, languid, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, lumpish, off, phlegmatic, slack, slothful, slow, sluggard, stagnant, stiff, sullen, torpid, unresponsive, draggy, drippy, hebetudinous, languorous, mooney, pokey*, sleepyheaded, slumberous |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, energetic, fast, lively, spirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | static |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motionless, changeless |
| Synonyms: | constant, fixed, format, immobile, immovable, inactive, inert, latent, passive, rigid, stable, stagnant, stationary, sticky, still, stopped, stuck, unchanging, unmoving, unvarying, at a standstill, deadlocked, gridlocked, stabile, stalled, standing still, unfluctuating |
| Antonyms: | active, changeable, continuous, mobile, moving, variable |
| Main Entry: | stationary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not moving; fixed |
| Synonyms: | immobile, inert, motionless, parked, pat*, permanent, stable, stagnant, standing, static, unmoving, anchored, at a standstill, moored, nailed, nailed down, stock-still |
| Antonyms: | mobile, moving, restless, unsteady, unfixed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | still |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, motionless, quiet |
| Synonyms: | closed, deathly, fixed, halcyon, inert, lifeless, noiseless, pacific, peaceful, placid, restful, sealed, serene, silent, smooth, soundless, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, at rest, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, deathlike, deathly quiet, deathly still, hushed, hushful, stock-still, unstirring, whist |
| Antonyms: | agitated, moving, stirred, unquiet |
| Main Entry: | torpid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, slow |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, comatose, dopey*, dormant, drowsy, dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, sluggish, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, benumbed, faineant, hebetudinous, languorous, lymphatic, slow-moving, slumberous, stuporous |
| Antonyms: | active, energetic, lively, moving, quick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhurried, lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, crawling, creeping, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, ponderous, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, dawdling, lagging, loitering, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slow-moving, snaillike, tortoiselike |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid |
| Main Entry: | stale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old, decayed |
| Synonyms: | dried, dry, faded, fetid, flat, hard, insipid, malodorous, musty, noisome, parched, rank, smelly, sour, spoiled, stagnant, stinking, tasteless, watery, weak, fusty, reeking, stenchy, zestless |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new |
| Main Entry: | stuffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close, oppressive |
| Synonyms: | breathless, confined, fetid, heavy, humid, muggy, stagnant, stale, sultry, thick, airless, stifling, suffocating, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | airy, breezy, open, ventilated |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, cold |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, dull, flat, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden, anesthetized, deadened, numbed |
| Antonyms: | active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insensitive |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, apathetic, blank, boring, callous, colorless, dead, depressed, empty, even, flat, heavy, impassible, inactive, indifferent, inert, insensible, jejune, languid, lifeless, listless, lumpy, monotonous, placid, prosaic, quiet, regular, routine, slack, slow, sluggish, spiritless, stagnant, still, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, usual, vacuous, passionless |
| Antonyms: | lively, quick, sensitive, vivacious |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | collected, contented, docile, fixed, gentle, halcyon, inactive, isolated, level, meek, mild, motionless, pacific, placid, private, remote, reserved, restful, retired, secluded, secret, sedate, serene, shy, smooth, stable, stagnant, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, hushed, sequestered, unanxious, unexcited, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | agitated, troubled |
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, negligent |
| Synonyms: | careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, dormant, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, neglectful, permissive, quiescent, quiet, regardless, remiss, slothful, slow, sluggish, stagnant, tardy, asleep on the job, behindhand, disregardful, easy-going, faineant, not busy, slow-moving |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, disciplined |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | behind, late |
| Synonyms: | backward, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, dilatory, down, dull, gradual, inactive, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, uneventful, unproductive, behindhand, detained, draggy, hindered, impeded, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, protracted, time-consuming, unprogressive, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | on time, ready, on cue, waiting |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | barren, bygone, defunct, departed, exhausted, extinct, gone, inactive, inoperative, lost, obsolete, spent, stagnant, sterile, still, tired, unemployed, unprofitable, useless, vanished, worn, worn out, inoperable, wearied |
| Antonyms: | active, alive, animate, animated, live, operative, working |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
| Synonyms: | breathless, confined, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, sticky, stuffy, sultry, sweltering, thick, tight, uncomfortable, airless, choky, fusty, stale-smelling, stifling, suffocating, sweltry, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | cool, dry |
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