hypoactive

1. 1.

   abnormally inactive

   Synonymsunderactive

   Similarinactive

Questions about hypoactive

What does hypoactive mean?

hypoactive means "abnormally inactive".

How many syllables are in hypoactive?

hypoactive has 4 syllables: hy-po-ac-tive. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for hypoactive?

Close synonyms include underactive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypoactive a common word?

hypoactive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.