<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Lying asleep or as if asleep</li><li>Inactive, as in sleep</li><li>Torpid</li><li>The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Quiescent</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Active</li><li>Awake</li></ul><p><strong>In a state of</strong></p><ul><li>Rest or inactivity</li><li>Inoperative</li><li>In abeyance</li><li>The project is dormant for the time being</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Quiescent</li></ul><p><strong>Biology</strong></p><ul><li>In a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm</li></ul><p><strong>Pathology</strong></p><ul><li>(Of a disease) in an inactive phase but not cured</li><li>No longer exhibiting symptoms but perhaps only temporarily</li><li>Compare latent</li></ul><p><strong>Undisclosed</strong></p><ul><li>Unasserted</li><li>Dormant musical talent</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Latent</li></ul><p><strong>Geology</strong></p><ul><li>(Of a volcano) not having erupted within the last 10,000 years, but having the probability of erupting again</li><li>Compare active</li><li>Compare extinct</li></ul><p><strong>Botany</strong></p><ul><li>Temporarily inactive</li><li>Dormant buds</li><li>Dormant seeds</li></ul><p><strong>(Of a pesticide)</strong></p><ul><li>Applied to a plant during a period of dormancy</li><li>A dormant spray</li></ul><p><strong>Heraldry</strong></p><ul><li>(Of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep</li></ul>