ABEYANT Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

abeyant

adjective

Definition of abeyant

as in latent

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Adjective

Western militaries must instead think creatively to tap into latent resources and commercial expertise to close the infrastructure gaps that prevent industrial scaling.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
His reframings reveal that those casual images contain latent portraiture with the grandeur and the power of classical paintings.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of latent

Adjective

New York has starter Geno Smith and rookie Cade Kubnik, a fourth-rounder, on its active roster, so Levis would be the third-string quarterback and inactive on game day unless he's promoted from the practice squad.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Campbell has been inactive for the Dolphins’ first two games and is the team’s only offensive lineman not on the first or second team, according to the depth chart.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of inactive

Adjective

Everything and nothing seems to happen in the curiously inert action drama Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, which stars Mahershala Ali as a philosophical Black Muslim hitman trying to raise three children after the death of his wife.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
But nice photography is not a sturdy enough basis for a narrative film, as so many lovely but inert art-house movies have shown us in recent years.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of inert

Adjective

Meanwhile, the current owner of the inn took her children to the farmers market in the square across from the dormant building every Saturday throughout their childhoods.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Apply a summer-weight dormant oil to your pachysandra during the crawler stages for more control.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of dormant

Adjective

In comparison, when a bacterium lives somewhere where resources are abundant, its sporulation genes sit idle and unactivated.

— Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Field agents endure inefficient routing and prolonged idle times between assignments, and passengers experience frustrating delays at gates or baggage claims.

— Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of idle

Adjective

That's because Saudi Arabia and other Gulf producers quickly found alternative routes and reached for unused pipeline capacity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
As Variety exclusively reported at the time, producers decided to keep Garlin’s character on the show for the rest of the season by using off-camera dialogue and unused takes pulled from earlier episodes, as well as previously shot images of Garlin.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unused

Adjective

In the general election, Krell won over two-thirds of the vote, beating out Republican challenger Nikki Ellis to fill Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty’s vacant seat.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Griffin’s sister is now refusing to build a home on the family lot that remains vacant, given its backyard would literally be a hop, skip and jump from the data center, Griffin said.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacant

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