dormant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of DORMANT

being in a state of suspended consciousness <the bears lay dormant in their den during the winter>

Synonyms dormant, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering

Related Words drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent; dreaming, reposing; hypnotized, mesmerized; comatose, semiconscious; sleepwalking, somnambulant

Near Antonyms aware, conscious; sleepless; aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened; reawakened, revived

Antonyms awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake

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

Near Antonyms functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious, sedulous; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable

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

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