motionlessness

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mo•tion•less /ˈmoʊʃənləs/  adj. 

1. showing or having no motion;
   without motion:
   a motionless statue.
mo•tion•less•ly, adv. 
mo•tion•less•ness, n. [uncountable] See -mot-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mo•tion•less  (mō′shən lis), adj. 

1. without motion:
   a motionless statue.

• motion + -less 1590–1600

mo′tion•less•ly, adv. 
mo′tion•less•ness, n. 
Synonyms

still, stationary, unmoving, inert, stable, fixed, quiescent, quiet.

Antonyms

active.