| Main Entry: | dormancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abeyance |
Synonyms: |
abeyancy, inaction, inactivity, inertia, latency, quiescence, suspension |
| Main Entry: | abeyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being inactive or suspended |
Synonyms: |
discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, latency, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension, temporarily deferred, waiting |
Antonyms: |
action, activity, continuance, continuation, operation, renewal, revival |
| Main Entry: | idleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, inaction |
Synonyms: |
dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
Antonyms: |
action, ambition, busyness, diligence, employment, hustle, industry, labor, occupation, work |
| Main Entry: | intermission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, recess |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, interim, interlude, interregnum, interruption, interval, latency, layoff, let-up, lull, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, quiescency, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait |
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, arrest, blackout, breach, break-off, cessation, check, cutoff, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, disuniting, division, doldrums, dormancy, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, latency, layoff, letup, obstacle, obstruction, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, severance, split, stop, stoppage, suspension |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to work, be active |
Synonyms: |
apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness |
Antonyms: |
activity, diligence, hard work, industriousness, industry, liveliness |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of consciousness |
Synonyms: |
bedtime, catnap, coma, dormancy, doze, dream, dullness, few z's, forty winks, hibernation, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sack time, sandman, shuteye, siesta, slumber, slumberland, snooze, torpidity, torpor, trance |
Antonyms: |
awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | slumber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep |
Synonyms: |
coma, dormancy, doze, drowse, forty winks, inactivity, languor, lethargy, nap, repose, rest, sack time, shut-eye, snooze, stupor, torpor |
| Notes: | to sloom is to sleep heavily and soundly; to slumber is to sleep lightly |
Antonyms: |
awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather, breathing spell, cessation, coffee break, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, end, ending, finish, five, freeze, halt, heave-ho, intermission, interruption, latency, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, quiescency, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten, termination, time-out |
Antonyms: |
completion, continuation, finish, persistence |
| Main Entry: | torpor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
Synonyms: |
apathy, disinterest, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, lifelessness, listlessness, passiveness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpidness |