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Dormant

/ˈdɔːmənt/

A crossbeam or joist.

📖 Definitions of "Dormant"

noun

adjective

1
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
"Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again."
2
In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
"a lion dormant"
3
Leaning.

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
quiescent	Inactive, quiet, at rest.
torpidnoun	lazy, lethargic or apathetic
inactivenoun	Not active, temporarily or permanently.
sleepingnoun	Asleep.
hibernatingverb	(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
activenoun	Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
inactivenoun	Not active, temporarily or permanently.
extinctverb	(figurative) (biology) Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
asleep	In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
sleepingnoun	Asleep.
torpid	lazy, lethargic or apathetic
quiescent	Inactive, quiet, at rest.
inactive	Not active, temporarily or permanently.
unerect	Not erect.
hibernatingverb	(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
sleepy	Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
restnoun	(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
dead	(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
idle	Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
dormancynoun	The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
latencynoun	(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
latent	Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
restingverb	That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
down	Facing downwards.
inert	Unable to move or act; inanimate.
passive	Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
ineffective	Not having the desired effect; ineffectual; otiose.
inoperative	Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.