dormant(Informal)[adjective]Synonyms: inactive, asleep, hibernating, inert, inoperative, latent, sleeping, slumbering, suspended
Antonyms: active
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
dor‧mant /ˈdɔːmənt $ ˈdɔːr-/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;
Origin: present participle of dormir 'to sleep', from Latin dormire]
not active or not growing at the present time but able to be active later
Antonym : activelie/remain dormant
The seeds remain dormant until the spring. a huge dormant volcano—dormancy noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲