Definition of dormant

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• dormant is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• dormant is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• dormant is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of dormant

• inactive but capable of becoming active (adjective)

  Examples

  1. her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened

  Synonyms

  1. abeyant
• lying with head on paws as if sleeping (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. sleeping
• in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dormant buds

  Synonyms

  1. hibernating
  2. torpid
• (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dormant volcano

  Synonyms

  1. inactive

See definition of dormant in Merriam Webster