Definition for Dormancy:

• quiet and inactive restfulness

Synonyms for Dormancy:

• n.

  •abeyance (noun)
  • inactivity,
  • quiescence,
  • inertia.
  •act (noun)
  • sleeping,
  • quiescency.
  •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.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • torpor.
  •motionlessness (noun)
  • quietness,
  • calmness,
  • rest,
  • fixedness,
  • tranquility,
  • deadness.

• 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.