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unresponsive Synonyms

Another word for unresponsive

Choosing another word for unresponsive depends on context, so the 20 synonyms and similar words below are separated across 3 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• adjective (Context 1)

Failing to react, answer, or show any sign of awareness or physical improvement, especially to medical treatment or external stimuli.

Usage Example

"The paramedics arrived within minutes and found the patient unconscious and completely nonresponsive."

Strongest
nonresponsive
unreactive
Strong
insensible
inert
unconscious
comatose
Weak
torpid

• adjective (Context 2)

Showing no interest, sympathy, or emotional reaction toward other people or their inquiries.

Usage Example

"Despite repeated emails from concerned residents, the city council remained indifferent to the neighborhood's complaints."

Strongest
indifferent
Strong
aloof
impassive
uncommunicative
detached
cold
apathetic
unfeeling
stony

• adjective (Context 3)

Failing to respond to user input or commands due to a technical malfunction or system overload (of a computer program, screen, or device).

Usage Example

"I had to restart my laptop after the browser froze and the entire operating system became frozen."

Strongest
frozen
Strong
locked
dead
inoperative

Opposites of unresponsive

The opposite of unresponsive shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

responsive
receptive
reactive
conscious
alert
attentive
functional
sympathetic
See all opposites of unresponsive

• Nearby Words

unresolved
unrespectable
unrespected
unresponsive
unresponsively
unresponsiveness
unrest

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Unresponsive. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/unresponsive
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