sedentary

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French sédentaire, from Latin sedentārius (“sitting”), from sedeō (“to sit, to be seated”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛd.ən.tɛɹ.i/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛd.ən.tə.ɹi/, /ˈsɛd.ən.tɹi/ === Adjective === sedentary (comparative more sedentary, superlative most sedentary) Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity. (anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic. (medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around. (obsolete) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil. (obsolete) Caused by long sitting. ==== Synonyms ==== (not moving): immobile, motionless, torpid; see also Thesaurus:stationary (living in a fixed geographical location): settled, non-migratory (sitting around): chairborne, sitsome (inactive): abeyant, cessant, dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “living in a fixed geographical location”): migratory (antonym(s) of “sitting around”): active (antonym(s) of “inactive”): active ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === sedentary (plural sedentaries) a sedentary person === Anagrams === yearnedst