Antonyms for activity
ækˈtɪv ɪ tiac·tiv·i·ty

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1. activitynoun

   Antonyms:
   passivity, rest

2. activitynoun

   Pit row was abuzz with activity.

   Antonyms:
   rest, passivity

3. activitynoun

   The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.

   Antonyms:
   rest, passivity

4. activitynoun

   Quilting can be a fun activity.

   Antonyms:
   passivity, rest

5. activitynoun

   Antonyms:
   rest, passivity

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. activity

   Exercise, in the ordinary sense, is the easy natural action of any power; exertion is the putting of any power to strain and tax. An exercise-drive for a horse is so much as will develop strength and health and not appreciably weary. But by qualifying adjectives we may bring exercise up to the full sense of exertion; as, violent exercise. Exercise is action taken at any time with a view to employing, maintaining, or increasing power, or merely for enjoyment; practise is systematic exercise with a view to the acquirement of facility and skill in some pursuit; a person takes a walk for exercise, or takes time for practise on the piano. Practise is also used of putting into action and effect what one has learned or holds as a theory; as, the practise of law or medicine; a profession of religion is good, but the practise of it is better. Drill is systematic, rigorous, and commonly enforced practise under a teacher or commander. Compare HABIT.

   Antonyms:
   idleness, inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest

   Synonyms:
   act, action, application, drill, employment, exercise, exertion, occupation, operation, performance, practise, use

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. activity

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, awkwardness, indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, heaviness, sluggishness, lassitude

   Synonyms:
   agility, quickness, energy, briskness, vivacity, promptness, alertness, celerity, rapidity

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Capability
   • Chemistry
   • State
   • Trait

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. activitynoun

   any specific behavior

   "they avoided all recreational activity"

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inaction, inactiveness

   Synonyms:
   natural process, bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, bodily process, body process

2. action, activity, activenessnoun

   the state of being active

   "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, legal action, bodily process, military action, action mechanism, body process, action at law

3. bodily process, body process, bodily function, activitynoun

   an organic process that takes place in the body

   "respiratory activity"

   Antonyms:
   inactiveness, inaction, inactivity

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, bodily process, body process

4. activitynoun

   (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

   "catalytic activity"

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

   Synonyms:
   natural process, bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, bodily process, body process

5. natural process, natural action, action, activitynoun

   a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

   "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

   Antonyms:
   inaction, inactivity, inactiveness

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, legal action, bodily process, military action, action mechanism, body process, action at law

6. activeness, activitynoun

   the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

   "the level of activity declines with age"

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, bodily process, body process

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1. activitynoun

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, passiveness, quiescence

   Synonyms:
   operation, action, liveliness, briskness, agility, sprightliness, strenuousness

How to use activity in a sentence?

1. Wilhelm von Humboldt:

   Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.

2. Otis Brawley:

   And it really upset the anti-smoking people, it upset the folks who are in the nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention -- Bert Vogelstein really upset the prevention crowd, keep in mind it's a mathematical simulation, it's not a clinical trial, but [ Vogelstein is ] noting that a certain number of cases are due to replication error, DNA replication error, in normal growth.

3. Andrew Scipione:

   At this stage, we've got nothing to link this event to any terrorist-related activity, but we could not say that that wasn't the case. We are keeping an open mind.

4. William Bratton:

   We're coming out of what was a pretty widespread stoppage of certain types of activity, the discretionary type of activity, by and large.

5. Volker Wieland:

   As shares in China play only a relatively small role in the financing of economic activity, the effects on the economy as a whole should remain moderate, we have to look carefully at the risks for the German economy from China. But I see no reason at the moment to revise down our foreacasts for Europe and Germany for 2015.

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