dormant
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
dormant buds
Related & opposite
- sleeping derivation
- torpidness derivation
- quiescence derivation
- biology domain topic
- asleepp similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
a dormant volcano
Related & opposite
- active antonym
- quiescence attribute
- inactivity derivation
- quiescence derivation
- quiescent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
inactive but capable of becoming active
her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened
Related & opposite
- abeyance derivation
- quiescence derivation
- inactive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleeping |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | torpidness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiescence |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | asleepp |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | active |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | quiescence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inactivity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiescence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | quiescent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abeyance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiescence |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inactive |