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. James Chao:

   This creates an environment where inertia is the norm, which allows automakers which may otherwise disappear to continue to survive for decades.

2. W. Clement Stone:

   That's why many fail -- because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. David Chaudron:

   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.