inertia

Other forms of inertia

plural

inertias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inertia

What does inertia mean?

inertia means "a disposition to remain inactive or inert". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inertia?

inertia has 3 syllables: in-er-tia. The stress falls on "er". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnɝʃə/.

What is another word for inertia?

Close synonyms include inactiveness, inactivity. 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 inertia a common word?

inertia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.