Antonyms for out of action
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ak-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk ʃən |
- able
- active
- alert
- awake
- bent
- busy
- conscious
- disposed
- employed
- energetic
- fine
- firm
- fixed
- gentle
- good
- happy
- healthy
- hearty
- inclined
- invigorated
- involved
- lively
- mended
- mobile
- moving
- nice
- occupied
- OK
- perfect
- repaired
- sound
- strong
- tending
- unbroken
- undamaged
- used
- valid
- walking
- well
- wholesome
- willing
- working
- worthwhile
- worthy
Definition of out of action
Origin :- mid-14c., "cause or grounds for a lawsuit," from Anglo-French accioun, Old French accion (12c.) "action, lawsuit, case," from Latin actionem (nominative actio) "a putting in motion; a performing, doing," noun of action from past participle stem of agere "to do" (see act (v.)). Sense of "something done, an act, deed" is late 14c. Meaning "fighting" is from c.1600. As a film director's command, it is attested from 1923. Meaning "excitement" is recorded from 1968. Phrase actions speak louder than words is attested from 1731.
- As in inactive : adj not engaged in action; inert, lazy
- As in incapacitated : adj disabled
- As in indisposed : adj not well
- As in invalid : adj sickly
- As in sickly : adj not healthy
- As in unemployed : adj without a job
- As in unhealthy : adj sick
- As in damaged : adj broken, not working
- As in disabled : adj incapacitated
- As in dormant : adj inactive; sleeping
Synonyms for out of action
- abeyant
- ailing
- asleep
- at liberty
- beat-up
- bedridden
- below par
- bent
- between jobs
- bilious
- blah
- blemished
- broken-down
- busted
- closed down
- comatose
- confined
- cranky
- crippled
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- dinged
- disabled
- disarmed
- diseased
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- dormant
- down
- down with
- dragging
- draggy
- dull
- faint
- fallow
- feeble
- feeling rotten
- fired
- flawed
- flubbed
- fouled up
- frail
- free
- glitched
- gone
- got a bug
- hamstrung
- handicapped
- helpless
- hibernating
- hurt
- idle
- ill
- immobile
- immobilized
- impaired
- imperfect
- impotent
- in a decline
- in holding pattern
- in ill health
- in need of repair
- in poor condition
- in poor health
- in smithereens
- inactive
- incapable
- indisposed
- indolent
- inert
- infirm
- injured
- inoperative
- invalid
- jobless
- kaput
- lackluster
- laid low
- laid off
- laid up
- laid-low
- laid-up
- lame
- languid
- latent
- lax
- leisured
- lethargic
- limp
- loafing
- loused up
- low
- low-key
- lurking
- maimed
- marred
- mean
- messed up
- mothballed
- motionless
- mucked up
- no go
- off-color
- on hold
- on layoff
- on sick list
- on the bench
- on the blink
- on the dole
- on the fritz
- on the shelf
- on the sick list
- ossified
- out of a job
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of kilter
- out of service
- out of shape
- out of whack
- out of work
- out-of-action
- out-of-commission
- pallid
- paralyzed
- passive
- peaked
- peaky
- pining
- poorly
- potential
- powerless
- prepatent
- quiescent
- quiet
- resting
- rocky
- run-down
- screwed up
- sedentary
- seedy
- shaky
- shot
- sick
- sickish
- sickly
- sidelined
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- slumbering
- smoldering
- snafued
- somnolent
- spoiled
- stable
- stalled
- static
- still
- sunk
- suspended
- torpid
- totaled
- unapplied
- under the weather
- underemployed
- unemployed
- unengaged
- unexercised
- unhealthy
- unoccupied
- unsound
- unused
- unwell
- wan
- weak
- weakened
- without gainful employment
- workless
- worn-out
- wornout
- wounded
- wrecked
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