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dormant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dormant

1 being in a state of suspended consciousness

  • the bears lay dormant in their den during the winter
Synonyms of dormant

asleep, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering
Words Related to dormant

drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent

dreaming, reposing

hypnotized, mesmerized

comatose, semiconscious

sleepwalking, somnambulant
Phrases Synonymous with dormant

at rest
Near Antonyms of dormant

aware, conscious

sleepless

aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened

reawakened, revived
Antonyms of dormant

awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake

2 not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

  • the engine lay dormant in the garage until we found a use for it
Synonyms of dormant

dead, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacant
Words Related to dormant

abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended

unoccupied

asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy

inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless

dull, slow
Phrases Synonymous with dormant

at rest, on the shelf, out of commission
Near Antonyms of dormant

functional, operable, operational, workable

assiduous, industrious, sedulous

energetic, vigorous

feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable
Antonyms of dormant

active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working

Synonym Discussion of dormant

latent, dormant, quiescent, potential mean not now showing signs of activity or existence. latent applies to a power or quality that has not yet come forth but may emerge and develop.
    • a latent desire for success
dormant suggests the inactivity of something (such as a feeling or power) as though sleeping.
    • their passion had lain dormant
quiescent suggests a usually temporary cessation of activity.
    • the disease was quiescent
potential applies to what does not yet have existence or effect but is likely soon to have.
    • a potential disaster

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