There are many latent gays among rampant homophobes.
Source: tatoeba (558367)
Latent
//ˈleɪ.tənt//
Synonyms for "latent" (181 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
obscureobscuredout of sightpassivephlegmaticpossiblequiescentreconditerestrictedsecludedseclusesedentarysequesteredsightlessslacksleepingsluggishslumberingsmolderingsmothered
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stagnantstandingstaticstifledsubconscioussubliminalsubmergedsuppressedsuspendedtametop secrettorpidulteriorunapparentunarousedunbeheldunbeholdableunbreatheableunder an eclipseunder coverunder house arrestunder securityunder the surfaceunder wrapsundercoverundergroundunderlyingundevelopedundiscernibleundisclosableundisclosedundivulgableundivulgedunknownunmanifestedunmaturedunnoticedunobservedunperceivableunperceivedunrealizedunrevealableunrevealedunripeunseeableunspokenuntellableuntoldunutterableunutteredunviewedunwhisperableunwitnessedviewlessvirtualwrapped in clouds
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
9 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- دَفِين adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- كَامِن adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Bulgarian
1 entries- латентен adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 潛在 /潜在 adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Czech
1 entries- latentní adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Danish
1 entries- latent adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Dutch
1 entries- latent adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Estonian
2 entries- latentne adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- varjatud adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Finnish
2 entries- latentti adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- piilevä adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
French
1 entries- latent adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Galician
1 entries- latente adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
German
1 entries- latent adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Greek
1 entries- λανθάνων adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Hebrew
3 entries- חבוי adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- לטנטי adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- רדום adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Hungarian
1 entries- látens adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Indonesian
1 entries- laten adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Italian
1 entries- latente adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Japanese
1 entries- 潜在的 adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Māori
1 entries- torohū adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- latent adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Persian
1 entries- نهفته adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Polish
2 entries- ukryty adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- uśpiony adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Portuguese
1 entries- latente adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Russian
2 entries- лате́нтный adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- скры́тый adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सुप्त adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dìomhair adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Spanish
1 entries- latente adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Swedish
2 entries- fördröjning adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- latent adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Turkish
1 entries- saklı adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Vietnamese
4 entries- ngấm ngần adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- ngầm adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- tiềm tàng adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
- âm ỉ adj (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
Sample 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.
Source: tatoeba (780049)
You have a latent problem here that will cause trouble in the future.
Source: tatoeba (3473988)
Post-polio syndrome refers to a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis which typically occur fifteen to thirty years after an initial polio attack.
Source: tatoeba (9012666)
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