Synonyms for torpid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sluggish — lazy, lethargic or apathetic
sluggish, listless, lethargic, inert, languid, slothful, indolent, dull, apathetic, slow, insensible, lazy, supine, slow-moving, leaden, languorous, drowsy, sleepy, stagnant, phlegmatic, indifferent, lackadaisical
2. Dormant — dormant or hibernating
dormant, inactive, quiescent, passive, latent, suspended, abeyant, fallow, unactive, sedentary dated, cessant dated
3. Lifeless — unmoving
lifeless, motionless, dead, inanimate, stock-still, stationary, immobile, unmoving
Definitions
- adj. 1
unmoving
- adj. 2
dormant or hibernating
- adj. 3
lazy, lethargic or apathetic
Related words
- Word family
- torpidly torpidity torpidness torpor torpedo
Example sentences
- sluggish Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.
- inert Nitrous oxide is inert at room temperature.
- lethargic The forum looks lethargic; maybe it's your diet.
- listless I feel listless and have a throbbing headache.
- inactive This volcano has been inactive for hundreds of years.
- dormant The cobbles lie dormant beneath a layer of asphalt.
By length
- 4 letters
- dead1, slow1, lazy2, dull1
- 5 letters
- inert2
- 6 letters
- sleepy2, latent2, drowsy2, fallow2, supine2, leaden2
- 7 letters
- passive2, dormant2, languid2, abeyant, cessant
- 8 letters
- inactive3, stagnant2, sluggish2, lifeless2, immobile3, listless2, indolent3, unmoving, slothful, unactive
- 9 letters
- suspended3, sedentary4, inanimate4, lethargic3, apathetic4, quiescent3
- 10 letters
- stationary4, motionless3, insensible4, phlegmatic3, languorous
- 11 letters
- indifferent3
- 13 letters
- lackadaisical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lazy2 = 2 syllables).