Definition for Dormancy:

• quiet and inactive restfulness

Synonyms for Dormancy:

• n.

  •abeyance (noun)
  • temporarily deferred,
  • inertia,
  • inactivity,
  • quiescence,
  • waitings.
  •act (noun)
  • dormancy,
  • sleeping,
  • quiescency.
  •idleness (noun)
  • time hand,
  • time burn,
  • dilly-dallyings,
  • triflings,
  • goof off time,
  • dawdlings,
  • time on hand,
  • otiosities,
  • time kill,
  • goof-off times,
  • unemployments,
  • time ones hands,
  • time on ones hand,
  • time one's hands,
  • potterings,
  • dilly dallyings,
  • loafings,
  • time on one's hand,
  • goofoff time,
  • timewasting,
  • time wastings,
  • dronings,
  • time on ones hands,
  • goofoff times,
  • time on one hand,
  • un-employments,
  • time-wastings,
  • time one hand,
  • time on one hands,
  • loiterings,
  • lazings,
  • joblessnesses,
  • dillydallyings,
  • time one hands,
  • timewastings,
  • time one's hand,
  • time ones hand,
  • un employments,
  • vegetatings,
  • own sweet times,
  • time on hands,
  • time hands,
  • un-employment,
  • un employment,
  • time wasting,
  • goof off times.
  •inaction (noun)
  • passiveness,
  • standstill,
  • stagnation.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • motionless,
  • Sedentariness,
  • sleepiness.
  •inertness (noun)
  • immobility,
  • stillness,
  • insensibility,
  • inertness,
  • stagnancy,
  • coma,
  • listlessness,
  • paralysis,
  • apathy,
  • sluggishness,
  • languor,
  • motionlessness,
  • lethargy,
  • reposefulness,
  • Inanimation,
  • catatonia.
  •inoperativeness (noun)
  • in operativenesses,
  • in-operativeness,
  • in-operativenesses,
  • in operativeness.
  •intermission (noun)
  • time out,
  • Interregnums,
  • breakoff,
  • let-up,
  • break-off,
  • breathing spell,
  • timeout,
  • interregnum.
  •interruption (noun)
  • cutoff.
  •laziness (noun)
  • dreaminesses,
  • do nothingness,
  • leisurelinesses,
  • dilatorinesses,
  • Drowsinesses,
  • torpidnesses,
  • faineances,
  • do-nothingnesses,
  • do nothingnesses,
  • donothingnesses,
  • passivities,
  • lackadaisicalnesses,
  • faineancies,
  • neglectfulnesses,
  • languorousnesses,
  • donothingness,
  • otiosenesses,
  • torpescences,
  • supinenesses.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • torpor.
  •motionlessness (noun)
  • quietness,
  • calmness,
  • rest,
  • fixedness,
  • tranquility,
  • deadness.
  •shuteye (noun)
  • arms of morpheus,
  • land nod,
  • the arms morpheus,
  • arms morpheus.
  •sleep (noun)
  • few ze,
  • slumberlands,
  • few zs,
  • few z',
  • sandmen,
  • sack times,
  • few z,
  • re-pose,
  • re pose.
  •slumber (noun)
  • shut eyes,
  • shuteyne,
  • shut-eyen,
  • shut eyen,
  • shut-eyes,
  • shut eyne,
  • shut eye,
  • shuteyen,
  • shut-eyne.
  •suspension (noun)
  • dis continuing,
  • heave hos,
  • de-ferments,
  • de ferment,
  • dis-continuing,
  • heave ho,
  • disbarments,
  • heave-hos,
  • heavehos,
  • heaveho,
  • de-ferment,
  • de ferments,
  • discontinuings,
  • concludings.
  •torpor (noun)
  • dis interests,
  • dis-interest,
  • dis-interests,
  • dis interest.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Abeyancy,
  • latency.
  •apathy
  • nonintervention.
  •Other relevant words:
  • rest period,
  • standpattism,
  • aestivation,
  • ease,
  • Deathliness,
  • doldrums,
  • passive resistance,
  • suspense,
  • Do-nothingism,
  • policy,
  • relaxation,
  • contemplation,
  • lassitude,
  • stagnate,
  • nonviolent resistance,
  • passivism,
  • calm,
  • pacifism,
  • sloth,
  • deadliness,
  • nonviolence,
  • neutralism,
  • vegetation,
  • inactiveness,
  • Virtuality,
  • nonparticipation,
  • stasis,
  • meditation,
  • indifference,
  • quietism,
  • moratorium,
  • lull,
  • do-nothing policy,
  • potentiality,
  • indolence,
  • nonaction,
  • procrastination,
  • Delitescence,
  • waiting game,
  • cold storage,
  • entropy,
  • noninvolvement,
  • repose,
  • nonresistance,
  • dullness,
  • latent content,
  • catalepsy,
  • watching and waiting,
  • laissez faire,
  • neutrality,
  • vis inertiae,
  • possibility,
  • presence.

Paraphrases for Dormancy:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inactivity.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    dormant.

Antonyms for Dormancy:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    diligence, industriousness, continuance, liveliness, industry, recommencement, peppiness, action, continuation, animateness, assiduousness, vivacity, renewal, activeness, assiduity, exuberance, briskness, employment, resumption, jazziness, business, occupation, resuscitation, sprightliness, robustness, activity, vibrancy.

Homophones for Dormancy:

• durance, dreariness, darning, durango, drench, daydreaming, dryness, dromaius, doddering, determining, dreaming, dude ranch, dreaminess, drunk, drink, drainage, daring, draining, dermic, diadromous, drumming, dairying, dithering, deer mouse, droning, DRMS, derange, deterrence, dearness, drimys, drawing, dermis, dormouse.

Hypernym for Dormancy:

• n.

  • act
    vegetation.
  • state
    estivation, hibernation, slumber, aestivation.

Hyponym for Dormancy:

• n.

  • act
    relaxation, repose, rest, ease.
  • state
    inaction, inactivity, inactiveness.