What is another word for dormant?
387 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɔːmənt], [ dˈɔːmənt], [ d_ˈɔː_m_ə_n_t]
Dormant is a term used to describe something that is inactive or not currently in use. However, there are several other synonyms for this term that can be used depending on the context. Some examples include hibernating, inert, latent, quiescent, sleeping, and inactive. Each of these synonyms can be used interchangeably with dormant to describe something that is not currently active or in use. Additionally, these synonyms can provide a more nuanced description of different situations where something may be considered dormant, such as a process that is temporarily halted or an idea that has yet to be put into action.
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Similar words for dormant:
- asleep (adjective)
- inactive (adjective)
- inert (adjective)
- lethargic (adjective)
- motionless (adjective)
- possible (adjective)
- recessive (adjective)
- slack (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- fallow (adjective)
- hebetudinous (adjective)
- inactive; sleeping (adjective)
- listless (adjective)
- potential (adjective)
- quiescent (adjective)
- torpid (adjective)
Synonyms for Dormant:
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adj.
• asleep- catching some zzz's ,
- flaked out ,
- getting shut-eye ,
- in dreamland ,
- in repose ,
- on the kip ,
- out cold ,
- out like a light ,
- out of it ,
- sacked out ,
- sleeping ,
- taking forty winks .
- Snail-paced ,
- do nothing ,
- draggy ,
- idle ,
- in holding pattern ,
- jobless ,
- lifeless ,
- low key ,
- mothballed ,
- motionless ,
- out of service ,
- sedentary ,
- sleepy ,
- stationary ,
- still ,
- unemployed ,
- unmoving ,
- unworking .
- Reposing ,
- apathetic ,
- catatonic ,
- comatose ,
- immobile ,
- inanimate ,
- inert ,
- insensible ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- paralytic ,
- passive ,
- sluggish ,
- static ,
- unreactive ,
- vegetative ,
- sluggard .
- more unplanted ,
- more unplowed ,
- more unseeded ,
- more untilled ,
- most unplanted ,
- most unplowed ,
- most unseeded ,
- most untilled ,
- neglected ,
- un cultivated ,
- un developed ,
- un planted ,
- un plowed ,
- un productive ,
- un seeded ,
- un tilled ,
- un used ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-developed ,
- un-planted ,
- un-plowed ,
- un-productive ,
- un-seeded ,
- un-tilled ,
- un-used ,
- virgin .
- in attentive ,
- in-attentive ,
- insouciant ,
- more energyless ,
- more mopish ,
- most energyless ,
- most mopish ,
- un interested ,
- un-interested ,
- uninterested .
Other synonyms:
- erupt ,
- slow ,
- underdeveloped ,
- vent .
- crater .
- backward .
Other relevant words:
- Delitescent ,
- Namelessly ,
- Obfuscated ,
- Obscured ,
- Pooped ,
- Procrastinating ,
- Quietistic ,
- Shelved ,
- Stagnating ,
- Stultified ,
- Unexerted ,
- abeyance ,
- abeyant ,
- affiliation ,
- anonymously ,
- asleep ,
- association ,
- at rest ,
- benumbed ,
- between the lines ,
- blase ,
- bored ,
- budding ,
- burnt-out ,
- cataleptic ,
- concealed ,
- contemplative ,
- covert ,
- cryptic ,
- dead asleep ,
- dead to the world ,
- debilitated ,
- defunct ,
- developing ,
- do-nothing ,
- dopey ,
- down ,
- dozing ,
- dreaming ,
- droopy ,
- drowsy ,
- drugged ,
- dull ,
- embryonic ,
- enervated ,
- esoteric ,
- exanimate ,
- extinguished ,
- fast asleep ,
- flat ,
- foul ,
- future ,
- gone ,
- groggy ,
- hanging ,
- hanging fire ,
- heavy ,
- hebetudinous ,
- hibernate ,
- hibernating ,
- hidden ,
- imminent ,
- implicit ,
- implied ,
- in abeyance ,
- in reserve ,
- in suspense ,
- incognito ,
- indolent ,
- inoperative ,
- jaded ,
- lackadaisical ,
- laissez faire ,
- latent ,
- lazy ,
- leaden ,
- leisured ,
- likely ,
- link ,
- linkup ,
- logy ,
- lumpish ,
- lurking ,
- meditative ,
- moribund ,
- muffled ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- napping ,
- necktie ,
- neuter ,
- neutral ,
- non-functioning ,
- nonliving ,
- numb ,
- oblivious ,
- occult ,
- off ,
- on hold ,
- on ice ,
- on the shelf ,
- otiose ,
- out ,
- out of action ,
- out of work ,
- paralysed ,
- paralyzed ,
- pending ,
- phlegmatic ,
- possible ,
- postponed ,
- potential ,
- prepatent ,
- privately ,
- pushed aside ,
- put out ,
- quenched ,
- quiescent ,
- quietist ,
- recessive ,
- recumbent ,
- reserved ,
- retired ,
- sated ,
- secret ,
- secretly ,
- shoved aside ,
- sidelined ,
- silent ,
- slack ,
- sleeper ,
- slothful ,
- slumbering ,
- slumberous ,
- smoldering ,
- snuffed out ,
- somnolent ,
- soporific ,
- sound asleep ,
- spiritless ,
- stand pat ,
- standoff ,
- standpat ,
- strikebound ,
- stuporous ,
- submerged ,
- supine ,
- suspended ,
- tabled ,
- tame ,
- tie ,
- torpid ,
- unanimated ,
- unaroused ,
- unconscious ,
- underactive ,
- underlying ,
- undeveloped ,
- undisclosed ,
- unerect ,
- unexpressed ,
- unmanifested ,
- unobtrusive ,
- unrealized ,
- unrevealed ,
- unused ,
- vegetable ,
- veiled ,
- virtual ,
- wan ,
- weary ,
- withdrawn ,
- world-weary .
- Mopish ,
- abed ,
- de-activated ,
- energyless ,
- inactive ,
- lethargic ,
- listless ,
- neb ,
- stagnant ,
- unplanted ,
- unplowed ,
- unseeded ,
- untilled ,
- within realm of possibility .
- VEG ,
- action ,
- anywhere ,
- arse ,
- backside ,
- breather ,
- breathing space ,
- bum ,
- bum around ,
- deep asleep ,
- downtime ,
- drift ,
- five ,
- flaked-out ,
- float ,
- hands-off ,
- idly ,
- inaction ,
- knock ,
- knock around ,
- laissez-aller ,
- laissez-faire ,
- layoff ,
- laze ,
- leave ,
- lie ,
- lie around ,
- navel ,
- nurse ,
- own ,
- passivity ,
- recharge ,
- repose ,
- rest ,
- rest up ,
- siesta ,
- sit ,
- sit around ,
- sit by ,
- sit down ,
- slob ,
- slob around (sth) ,
- slop ,
- slop around (sth) ,
- spare ,
- stew ,
- time ,
- under the surface ,
- veg out ,
- vegetate .
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How to use "Dormant" in context?
Dormant is a word that usually connotes something that is inactive, inactive-looking, or asleep. Webster's Dictionary defines dormant as meaning: "Pertaining to a Lat. denoting a room, chamber, or closet where one sleeps, not open to the public"; "Pertaining to a plant or animal which is in a state of latency or semi-fastness, not tending to grow, move, or reproduce". There is a lot of different things that dormancy can refer to. For example, a hibernating animal is in a dormant state.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
inactive.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
asleep, frozen, inoperative, latency, passive, sleepy, smouldering, unexpended, unrealised, unrealized, unspent, inactivated, unutilized, non-active, nonresponsive.
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