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.
  •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.
  •stupor
  • torpor.

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.