Synonyms for dormant
ˈdɔr məntdor·mant

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1. dormant

   Synonyms:
   sleeping, slumbering, latent, undeveloped, quiescent, inert

   Antonyms:
   vigilant, wakeful, active, operative, developed, energetic

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1. dormant, hibernating(a), torpidadjective

   in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

   "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

   Antonyms:
   active, erect, eruptive, awake(p), vertical, upright

2. dormant, inactiveadjective

   (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct

   "a dormant volcano"

   Synonyms:
   passive, sleeping, dormant(ip), abeyant, still, inactive, hibernating(a), nonoperational, static, motionless, torpid

   Antonyms:
   active, vertical, erect, awake(p), eruptive, upright

3. dormant(ip), sleepingadjective

   lying with head on paws as if sleeping

   Antonyms:
   awake(p), erect, upright, eruptive, active, vertical

4. abeyant, dormantadjective

   inactive but capable of becoming active

   "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

   Synonyms:
   abeyant, inactive, sleeping, dormant(ip), hibernating(a), torpid

   Antonyms:
   erect, eruptive, awake(p), active, vertical, upright

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1. dormantadjective

   Synonyms:
   sleeping, quiescent, at rest

2. dormantadjective

   Synonyms:
   latent, unexerted, suspended, inert, inactive

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1. dormantadjective

   Synonyms:
   quiescent, latent, inert, inactive, abeyant, torpid

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1. List of paraphrases for "dormant":

   dormancy, inactive, latent, idle, unrealised, latency, unused

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1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   The seeds of greatness lie dormant within, waiting for the nurturing touch of purpose to awaken them.

2. Novak Djokovic:

   You have to deal with everything that probably has been dormant inside and is maybe waiting to come out, i'm trying to deal with it on a daily basis or weekly basis, whatever. If something surfaces, I acknowledge Australian Open, but I move Davidovich Fokina celebrates against Djokovic. {.

3. Jim Jordan:

   Was that prosecutor looking into Burisma, the company that had hired Joe Biden's son for $ 50,000 a month ? according to the Ukrainians, that investigation was dormant at the time.

4. Takayuki Atake:

   We are likely to see more companies launch bonds in durations like 20-years, a maturity which had been dormant issuance-wise.

5. Horace:

   Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.