dormant | Definition of dormant

Synonyms and Antonyms of dormant

1 being in a state of suspended consciousness

the bears lay dormant in their den during the winter

Synonyms of dormant

asleep, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering

Words Related to dormant

drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent

dreaming, reposing

hypnotized, mesmerized

comatose, semiconscious

sleepwalking, somnambulant

Phrases Synonymous with dormant

Near Antonyms of dormant

aware, conscious

aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened

reawakened, revived

Antonyms of dormant

awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake

2 not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

the engine lay dormant in the garage until we found a use for it

Synonyms of dormant

dead, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacant

Words Related to dormant

abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended

asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy

inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless

Phrases Synonymous with dormant

at rest, on the shelf, out of commission

Near Antonyms of dormant

functional, operable, operational, workable

assiduous, industrious, sedulous

energetic, vigorous

feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable

Antonyms of dormant

active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working