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. Sophists, like the Grecian […]
- (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
- (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
Synonyms
- (not moving): immobile, motionless, torpid; stationary
- (living in a fixed geographical location): settled, non-migratory
- (sitting around): chairborne, sitsome
- (inactive): abeyant, cessant, dormant; inactive