Synonyms for Dormant | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "dormant" (186 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Adjective(6 words)

inactive sleeping abeyantdisconnected kinshipencystedevolutionary pause phase

abeyant apathetic asleepat restbenumbedbetween the linesblase bored cataleptic catatonic comatose concealed contemplative covert cryptic deaddead asleepdead to the worlddebilitateddeep asleep

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delitescentdo nothingdo-nothing dopey droopy drugged dull enervated esoteric

Verb(1 words)

backgrounded

Noun(1 words)

backwater

Adverb(1 words)

chemically inert substance

Strong matches (55)

exanimate extinctfast asleepflaked-out flat foul groggy heavy hebetudinous hibernating hidden idle immobilein abeyancein suspenseinactive inanimate inert jaded lackadaisical

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laissez fairelaissez-aller laissez-faire languid languorous latent leaden

Adjective(2 words)

fallow inactive

Noun(6 words)

fallow fallowingidle formidle periodidle timeidling

Adjective(16 words)

fallow land managementfallow land policyfallow soilhibernatingidle activityidle eventidle exerciseidle machineidle processidle resourcesidle systeminactive mechanismsinactive switchlatentlatent capacitylatent quality

Verb(4 words)

fallowed hibernated idled languished

Related words (93)

lethargic lifeless listless logy lumpish lurking meditative moribund motionless muffled mystic mystical neuter neutral numb obfuscated oblivious obscured occult out

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Noun(4 words)

most inactiveshutdownstandby modetrial stasis

Verb(3 words)

mothballed paused wintered

Adjective(11 words)

nonoperational hoursquiescent repressedromanian pasivitatesilencedstored powerstorpid unexpressed unkindled unrevived unused

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

biological stateconditiongene expression statestate

More specific

8 entries

dormant buddormant genedormant pathogendormant seeddormant volcanolatent allelerepressed genesilenced gene

Collocations

6 entries

dormant buddormant pathogendormant perioddormant seeddormant statedormant volcano

Inflections

2 entries

more dormantmost dormant

Derivations

2 entries

dormancy dormantly

Antonyms

1 entries

active

similar

4 entries

asleep inactive quiescent unerect

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Mt. Asama is now dormant.

Source: tatoeba (273346)

In each of us there lies a dormant superhuman.

Source: tatoeba (567913)

At the end of the sleep the dormant awakes.

Source: tatoeba (788345)

Volcanoes can be active, dormant, or extinct.

Source: tatoeba (5322418)

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