Quiescent Synonyms

kwē-ĕsənt, kwī-
Existing in a temporarily inactive form or state
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. inactive
  2. dormant
  3. latent
  4. calm
  5. quiet
  6. still
  7. sleeping
  8. abeyant
  9. motionless
  10. passive
  11. placid
  12. serene
  13. tranquil
  14. undisturbed
Quiet, still, or inactive.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. inactive

Words Related to Quiescent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. action
  2. show
  3. metastable
  4. ground-state

Quiescent Sentence Examples

  • It has been quiescent since 1566, and is now completely extinct.

  • The prominences are of two kinds, quiescent and eruptive.

  • Some of them progress to more advanced disease, in others infection appears to remain quiescent.

  • All the volcanoes in the group were then quiescent.

  • But experience in other parts of Japan shows that a long quiescent crater may at any moment burst into disastrous activity.

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