Motionlessness [noun]

Definition of Motionlessness:

inactivity

Synonyms of Motionlessness:

● Vacation

● Recess

● Downtime

● Repose

● Hush

● Sleep

● Lull

● Comfort

● Pause

● Composure

● Ease

● Idleness

● Refreshment

● Interlude

● Quiescence

● Nap

● Calm

● Tranquillity

● Siesta

● Holiday

● Halt

● Stop

● Peace

● Leisure

● Stay

● Break

● Cessation

● Respite

● Relaxation

● Standstill

● Recreation

● Quietude

● Letup

● Intermission

● Slumber

● Interval

● Quiet

● Breather

● Stillness

● Calmness

● Relief

● Doze

● Silence

● Breathing space

● Coffee break

● Forty winks

● Time off

● Cutoff

● Somnolence

● Dreaminess


Opposite/Antonyms of Motionlessness:

● Base

● Energy

● Activity

● Action

● Advance

● Beginning

● Start

● Go

● Work

● Labor

● Employment

● Distress

● Busyness

● Wakefulness

● Core

● Noise

● Injury

● Hurt

● Consciousness

● Awakening

● Clamor

● Worry

● Upset

● Disturbance

● Agitation

● Continuation


Sentence/Example of Motionlessness:

Then there was silence; a feeling of utter quiet and motionlessness.

The silence and motionlessness of the sea imparted themselves to Hiram.

She did not repulse him, and from her silence and motionlessness he gathered courage.

Théo did not move, but his immobility was the motionlessness of extreme tension.

Gertie seemed frozen into motionlessness in her corner, almost as if she had had experience of this kind of thing before.

First, it was the absolute stillness and motionlessness of the room that impressed him, so far as any one element predominated.

She sits with that motionlessness of her type, closed lips, face muted and expressionless.

Harry saw in her eyes, in her flushed cheeks and quickened breath, in her motionlessness, the permission that he sought.

The silence, the motionlessness, the fixed look of the face, are literally terrible.

John Willie thought it would be more grown-up to accept their silence and to share their motionlessness.