| Sedentary 1. (a.) Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary old man. 2. (a.) Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life. 3. (a.) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil. 4. (a.) Caused by long sitting. 5. (a.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. Thesaurus Entries abeyant, apathetic, at a standstill, cataleptic, catatonic, dead, dopey, dormant, dull, fixed, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lifeless, logy, motionless, passive, phlegmatic, quiescent, seated, sitting, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, stagnant, standing, static, stationary, suspended, tame, torpid, unactive, unaroused, unmoving |