There are many latent gays among rampant homophobes.
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Latent
/ˈleɪ.tənt/
Synonyms for "latent" (203 found)
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abeyantabstruseapatheticarcanebecloudedbehind the curtainbehind the scenesbetween the linesblindburiedcabalisticcamouflagedcatalepticcatatoniccensoredclassifiedcloseclosedcloudedconcealed
Noun(1 words)
background condition
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Related words (101)
quiescentreconditerestrictedsecludedseclusesecretsedentarysequesteredsightlessslacksleepingsluggishslumberingsmolderingsmotheredstagnantstandingstaticstifledsubconscious
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submergedsuppressedsuspendedtametop secrettorpidulteriorunapparentunarousedunbeheldunbeholdableunbreatheableunder an eclipseunder coverunder house arrestunder securityunder the surfaceunder wrapsundercoverundergroundunderlyingundevelopedundiscernibleundisclosableundisclosedundivulgableundivulgedunknownunmanifestedunmaturedunnoticedunobservedunperceivableunperceivedunrealizedunrevealableunrevealedunripeunseeableunseenunspokenuntellableuntoldunutterableunutteredunviewedunwhisperableunwitnessedveiledviewlessvirtualwrapped in clouds
Adjective(23 words)
recessivestored powersunapplied forceunbornunderlyingunderlying mechanismundiscoveredunexploredunformed clayunkindledunobservable behaviorunobservable cueunobservable featureunobservedunplanted seedsunseen attributeunseen dataunseen potentialunseeynunsown
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Noun(4 words)
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11 entriesincubation periodlatent classlatent diseaselatent factorlatent imagelatent skilllatent traitlatent variablepreclinical stagequiescent periodsubclinical phase
Collocations
6 entrieslatent heatlatent infectionlatent periodlatent potentiallatent talentlatent variable
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3 entriesSample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The stages of psychosexual development—oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital—turn out to be one big Freudian slip, betraying severe anal retention on the part of the taxonomist.
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You have a latent problem here that will cause trouble in the future.
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Post-polio syndrome refers to a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis which typically occur fifteen to thirty years after an initial polio attack.
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