1. Inactive but capable of becoming active
   "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened";
   - abeyant
    
2. (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct
   "a dormant volcano";
   - inactive
    
3. (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
   "dormant buds";
   - hibernating, torpid
    
4. (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping
   "The dormant bear on the family crest symbolized peace and tranquility"

See also: asleep, dormancy, inactive, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, sleeping, unerect

Antonym: active

Encyclopedia: Dormant