States and conditions
Synonyms for dormant
The synonym for dormant recorded in this bank is inactive, in the sense "not erupting and not extinct". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for dormant
- inactiveadjective, in the sense "not erupting and not extinct"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day dormant is audited in a second meaning.
not erupting and not extinct
A dormant volcano.
The true synonym
inactive
Same sentence, swapped: A inactive volcano.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- hibernating
- active
- occult
Where dormant turns up in the game
dormant is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where dormant is the trap
- virtualadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is practical, in the sense "being actually such in almost every respect", and dormant is on the board beside it.
- dopeyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is foolish, in the sense "having or revealing stupidity", and dormant is one of the three tiles that lose.
- obliviousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is forgetful, in the sense "failing to keep in mind", so dormant is there to be ruled out.
- underlyingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is inherent, in the sense "in the nature of something though not readily apparent", and dormant is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play dormant
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dormant reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dormant carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.