Sedentary

Origin

From Latin sedentārius ("sitting"), from sedeō ("I sit, I am seated").

Full definition of sedentary

Adjective

1. Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
2. (medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.
• Bishop WarburtonSedentary, scholastic sophists.
• BeaconsfieldAny education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
3. (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
• MiltonThe sedentary earth.
• SpectatorThe soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
4. (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
• MiltonSedentary numbness.

Synonyms

• settled

Antonyms

• migratory
• active