Examples of dormant from BoostVocab

Smart Search Learn a New Word

dormant

/'dɔrmənt/

Synonyms of dormant Antonyms of dormant Examples of dormant Usage of dormant Parts of dormant Definition that contains dormant Words sounding like dormant Explanation of dormant

adjective
inactive but capable of becoming active
- + New List
"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

Similar:

abeyant inactive
adjective
lying with head on paws as if sleeping
- + New List
Similar:

sleeping unerect
adjective
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
- + New List
"dormant buds"

Similar:

hibernating torpid asleep
adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
- + New List
"a dormant volcano"

Similar:

inactive quiescent

Opposite:

active

Examples of dormant

"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
"dormant buds"
"a dormant volcano"