dormant

Other forms of dormant

comparative

dormanter·

superlative

dormantest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dormant

What does dormant mean?

dormant means "in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dormant?

dormant has 2 syllables: dor-mant. The stress falls on "dor". In IPA it is /ˈdɔɹmənt/.

What is another word for dormant?

Close synonyms include hibernating, torpid, inactive, sleeping, abeyant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of dormant?

The recorded antonyms are active.

Is dormant a common word?

dormant is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.