vegetating

The word “vegetating” has 4 syllables: veg-e-tat-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈvɛdʒəˌteɪtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for vegetating?

In the thesaurus, “vegetating” has 123 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for vegetating along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for vegetating

alleviating
arrested
asleep
basking
beginning
blossoming
broken
bumming
burgeoning
bursting forth
calming
chilling
chilling out
comforting
composing
cooling
dallying
dawdling
de-stressing
deactivated
dead
decommissioned
decompressing
dilly-dallying
dillydallying
dormancy
dormant
droning
easing
embryonic
fallow
fledgling
footling
fresh
germinal
germinating
goof-off time
growing
hibernation
idle
idleness
idling
inactive
inactivity
incipient
indolence
ineffective
ineffectual
inert
inertia
inertness
inoperable
inoperative
inoperativeness
joblessness
kaput
kaputt
kicking back
latent
laze
lazing
leisure
lethargy
lifeless
loafing
loitering
lolling
loosening up
lounging
maturing
nascent
nonactivated
nonfunctional
nonfunctioning
nonoperating
nonoperational
nonoperative
nonproductive
opening
otiosity
own sweet time
potential
pottering
promising
pubescent
pullulating
quiescent
quieting
relaxing
relieving
reposing
resting
settling
shiftlessness
shooting up
sleepy
sloth
slothfulness
slouch
slowness
sluggishness
sprouting
stagnating
stagnation
stupor
time to burn
time to kill
time-wasting
torpidity
torpor
trifling
truancy
unbending
unemployment
unproductive
unusable
unwinding
unworkable
useless
vegging out
winding down
young
zoning out

Antonyms for vegetating

action
active
activity
alive
ambition
busyness
diligence
dying
effective
effectual
employable
employment
energy
functional
functioning
going
hustle
industry
labor
life
live
liveliness
living
occupation
on
operable
operating
operational
operative
running
shrinking
usable
useable
viable
vigor
withering
work
workable
working

Meanings of vegetating

verb
1. (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
2. (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
3. To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

Example Sentences

After a busy week, he spent the weekend vegetating on the couch, watching movies.
The patient was advised to avoid vegetating in bed after surgery and instead encouraged to walk.
During the summer break, some students prefer vegetating at home rather than going on vacations.
Without any hobbies or activities, he felt like he was just vegetating through life.
The prisoners complained about vegetating in their cells without any meaningful activities to occupy their time.

On this page you'll find 162 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vegetating, such as: action, active, activity, alive, alleviating, ambition, arrested.

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