Synonyms for latent

modified

potential, dormant, quiescent, implied, inherent, undeveloped, unrealized, underdeveloped, torpid, suspended, in abeyance, abeyant, inactive, in the making, possible, intrinsic, sleeping, slumbering, inert, lurking, unexposed, covert, inoperative, suppressed, passive, underlying, contained, unexpressed, tacit, inferred, escaping notice, hidden, unconscious, inferential, between the lines*; see also hidden 2.

Antonyms active*, developed, operative.

latent applies to that which exists but is as yet concealed or unrevealed latent abilities; potential applies to that which exists in an undeveloped state but which can be brought to development in the normal course of events a potential concert pianist; dormant suggests a lack of visible activity, as of something asleep a dormant volcano; quiescent implies a stopping of activity, usually only temporarily the raging sea had become quiescent

See latent in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms

latent dormant quiescent

These adjectives mean present or in existence but not active or manifest. What is latent is present but not evident: latent ability.
Dormant evokes the idea of sleep: a dormant volcano.
Quiescent sometimes—but not always—suggests temporary inactivity: “For a time, he [the whale] lay quiescent” (Herman Melville).

See latent in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

adjective

Capable of being but not yet in existence:
eventual, possible, potential. See possible
Existing in a temporarily inactive form or state:
abeyant, dormant, inactive, quiescent, sleeping. See action, show

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