| Main Entry: | abeyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latent |
Synonyms: |
dormant, inactive, inoperative, quiescent, sleeping, suspended |
| Main Entry: | dormant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive; sleeping |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, asleep, closed down, comatose, down, fallow, hibernating, inert, inoperative, latent, lethargic, lurking, on the shelf, out of action, passive, potential, prepatent, quiescent, sidelined, slack, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, suspended, torpid |
Antonyms: |
active, lively |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, involved, working |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
Antonyms: |
active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | potential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, budding, conceivable, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, imaginable, implied, inherent, latent, likely, lurking, plausible, possible, prepatent, probable, quiescent, thinkable, undeveloped, unrealized, within realm of possibility |
Antonyms: |
helpless, impossible, lacking, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | undetermined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not determined |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, doubtful, equivocal, faint, indeterminate, irresolute, obscure, pending, unclear, undecided, unknown, unproven, unsettled, vague, wavering |
Antonyms: |
determined |