sedentary

1. 1.

   requiring sitting or little activity

   “forced by illness to lead a sedentary life”

   Similarinactive

Questions about sedentary

What does sedentary mean?

sedentary means "requiring sitting or little activity".

How many syllables are in sedentary?

sedentary has 4 syllables: sed-en-tar-y. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /ˈsɛdənˌtɛɹi/.

Is sedentary a common word?

sedentary 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.

What rhymes with sedentary?

30 words rhyme with sedentary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.