sedentary
Meanings
Plural: sedentaries
Adjective Satellite
- requiring sitting or little activity
- "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"
Adj
- Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
- Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
- Not moving much; sitting around.
- inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
- Caused by long sitting.
Noun
- a sedentary person
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French sédentaire, from Latin sedentārius (“sitting”), from sedeō (“I sit, I am seated”).
Synonyms
abeyant, cessant, chairborne, dormant, immobile, inactive, motionless, non-migratory, settled, sitsome, stationary, torpid
Antonyms
antonym(s) of, migratory
Scrabble Score: 13
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