dormant

1. 1

   Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.not-comparable

   • Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.
   • The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.
2. 2

   In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.not-comparable

   • a lion dormant
3. 3

   Leaning.not-comparable

ant. antonym(s) of “inactive · suspended” · active · extinct

1. 1

   A crossbeam or joist.