What is another word for inertia?
Synonyms for inertia
ɪnˈɜr ʃə, ɪˈnɜr-in·er·ti·a
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Wiktionary
inertianoun
In a person, unwillingness to take action.
Synonyms:
slothfulness, idleness, laziness, sloth
English Synonyms and Antonyms
inertianoun
Synonyms:
cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inactivity, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering, suspensionAntonyms:
accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work
Princeton's WordNet
inactiveness, inactivity, inertianoun
a disposition to remain inactive or inert
"he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"
Synonyms:
inactivity, inactiveness, inactioninertianoun
(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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
inertianoun
Synonyms:
inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "inertia":
inaction, indolence, inactivity, immobility, inert, apathy, passivity, inertial, sluggishness, slackness, slowness, stagnation
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1547 | rest | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#14627 | endurance | |
#16872 | cessation | |
#22959 | inertia | |
#27289 | inert | |
#28609 | apathy | |
#28771 | inactivity | |
#30710 | deliberation | |
#35077 | inertial | |
#36114 | inaction | |
#38211 | repose | |
#38659 | sloth | |
#40026 | stagnation | |
#41296 | laziness | |
#53531 | slowness | |
#66951 | passivity | |
#67297 | idleness | |
#89110 | immobility | |
#109877 | quiescence | |
#115916 | indolence | |
#120897 | sluggishness | |
#168211 | slackness |
How to use inertia in a sentence?
This creates an environment where inertia is the norm, which allows automakers which may otherwise disappear to continue to survive for decades.
That's why many fail -- because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Sir Winston Churchill, March 1936, demanding British re-armament:
Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions of humble folk into total war. The cheers of the weak, well-meaning assemblies soon cease to count. Doom marches on.
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.
The transition away from being a rentier state is not a comfortable one, they’re trying. But the fundamental question is: will their trying bear enough fruit before the downside of the current system hits? Or is it a day late and a dollar short? Will the forces of change ultimately be enough to overcome the inertia of the current system? I don’t know.
Translations for inertia
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- العطالةArabic
- inèrciaCatalan, Valencian
- setrvačnostCzech
- TrägheitGerman
- αδράνειαGreek
- inerteco, inerteca forto, inertfortoEsperanto
- inerciaSpanish
- inerts, loidus, inertsus, tegevusetusEstonian
- hitaus, inertia, vastahakoisuusFinnish
- inertieFrench
- leisg, do-mhùthadhScottish Gaelic
- tehetetlenség, tétlenségHungarian
- inerziaItalian
- 慣性Japanese
- 관성Korean
- inertiaLatin
- daadloosheid, inertie, traagheidDutch
- treighet, treghetNorwegian
- inérciaPortuguese
- инертность, вялость, инерцияRussian
- tröghetSwedish
- நிலைமம்Tamil
- జడత్వముTelugu
- ความเฉื่อยThai
- tigalTagalog
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