Dormant synonyms and antonyms

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inactive
Retired from duty or service
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latent (related)
The definition of latent is something present but invisible or hidden.
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asleep (related)
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
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inoperative
No longer in force; countermanded:
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cryptic
The definition of cryptic is defined as something with unclear or hidden meaning, or a secret.
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active (antonym)
Actual, not just nominal; participating
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latency
(Electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
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dormancy
The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
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quiescent
(Astronomy) Having little or no sunspot activity.
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torpid
Slow and dull; apathetic
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somnolent
The definition of somnolent is to be sleepy or drowsy, or something that causes sleepiness or drowsiness.
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in abeyance
Inactive
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suspended
Hung from above.
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unaroused
Not aroused.
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hibernation
(Space science) To put a spacecraft in a state of minimum power consumption
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inert
Having inertia; without power to move, act, or resist
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abeyant
Being in a state of abeyance. [Mid 19th century.]
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comatose
The definition of comatose is when a person or animal is unconscious.
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idle
Designating certain parts of a fuel system that set an engine's idling speed
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motionless
Having or making no motion.
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passive
Existing, conducted, or experienced without active or concerted effort:
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potential
(Physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
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quiet
Having little motion or activity; calm.
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sleeping
Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
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sleepy
Inactive; quiet:
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stationary
Unchanging in condition, value, etc.; not increasing or decreasing
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quiescence
The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
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lively (antonym)
Full of life; active; vigorous
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couchant (related)
Lying down
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action (related)
Designating or of a type of film characterized by a fast-paced plot, a series of suspenseful confrontations, violent fight and chase scenes, etc.
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show (related)
Show describes something related to a performance.
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resting
(Biol.) Remaining dormant for a period of time, as certain spores or eggs
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untriggered (related)
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undisturbed (related)
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reactivate (related)
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  • They are cut to the last dormant bud in winter.

  • In the winter it covers the orifice of this burrow with a layer of silk, and lies dormant underground until the return of spring.

  • The developing seed thus encloses fungal hyphae, which remain dormant within the seed and in spring develop symbiotically with the growth of the wheat plant, doing no apparent injury until the time of fruiting is reached, when the fungus takes complete possession and fills the new seed with a mass of darkcoloured spores.

  • In Owen's Valley is a fine group of extinct or dormant volcanoes.

  • A lesson in geometry, given by Ostilio Ricci to the pages of the grand-ducal court, chanced, tradition avers, to have Galileo for an unseen listener; his attention was riveted, his dormant genius was roused, and he threw all his energies into the new pursuit thus unexpectedly presented to him.

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