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