dormant

  • (s) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
    • dormant buds
    • a hibernating bear
    • torpid frogs
    hibernating, torpid,
  • (a) (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
    • a dormant volcano
    inactive,
  • (s) lying with head on paws as if sleeping sleeping,
  • (s) inactive but capable of becoming active
    • her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened
    abeyant,

Synonyms

hibernating torpid inactive sleeping abeyant

Antonyms

active

Words of close approximity

dormant account