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. Horace:

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

2. Philip Tierno Jr.:

   Once you have the infection, it could remain dormant and with minimal symptoms, and then you can get an exacerbation if it finds its way into the lungs.

3. 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. {.

4. Gary Hufbauer:

   The' back of the queue' statement will be forgotten by the next administration, if not sooner, in my view, TTIP is either dormant or dead in the wake of Brexit.

5. James Bond:

   I will be asked about him until my dying days it just goes with the territory. Hes a beloved character. I was honored to play the role and I rejuvenated a franchise that had been dormant. HALLE BERRY CHOOSES NEXT JAMES BOND STAR : ID GO FOR HIM Brosnan previously endorsed Tom Hardy as the next Bond, telling The Mail on Sunday in 2018, I think Tom Hardy could be a good Bond. Id be happy to see him do it. You need an actor who can put a bit of wiggle into it thats what makes Bond. FORMER BOND DIRECTOR SAYS ROBERT PATTINSON SHOULD BE THE NEXT 007 Brosnan also addressed the womanizing spy potentially needing to adapt to a post - #MeToo era. Without question, yes... The #MeToo movement has been relevant and significant and well needed in our society.