quiescent
Still and inactive
Quiescent means inactive, at rest, or showing no signs of activity.
A quiescent volcano hasn't erupted recently but isn't considered extinct.
A disease may enter a quiescent phase between flare-ups.
The word suggests temporary stillness rather than permanent cessation: The protests remained quiescent through the winter months.
In technical contexts, quiescent describes systems in a dormant or standby state.
Prolonged winter dormancy
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- estivationWarm-season torpor state
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
resting · idle · dormancy · latent · slumbering · inactive · abeyance · pause
Without activity or purpose
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- passiveNot actively participating
- nonactiveNot currently engaged
sluggish · torpid · lethargic · listless · languid · phlegmatic · at rest · unproductive
Lacking all movement
- unmovingLacking any motion
- staticWithout motion or change
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- immobileUnable to shift
stationary · inert · calm · placid · undisturbed · tranquil · serene · peaceful
Made quieter or softer
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- noiselessProducing no sound
- hushedReduced to silence
- inaudibleCannot be heard
still · unspoken · voiceless · wordless · unuttered · unsaid · mute · subdued
Latent capacity for development
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
- hiddenKept out of sight
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
dormant · unmanifested · unrevealed · veiled · implicit · embryonic · incipient · nascent
hibernation
Prolonged winter dormancy
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- estivationWarm-season torpor state
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
fallow · resting · idle · dormancy · latent · slumbering · inactive · abeyance · pause · recess
idle
Without activity or purpose
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- passiveNot actively participating
nonactive · sluggish · torpid · lethargic · listless · languid · phlegmatic · at rest · unproductive · suspended
motionless
Lacking all movement
immobile · stationary · inert · calm · placid · undisturbed · tranquil · serene · peaceful · restful
muted
Made quieter or softer
inaudible · still · unspoken · voiceless · wordless · unuttered · unsaid · mute · subdued · soft
potential
Latent capacity for development
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
- hiddenKept out of sight
concealed · dormant · unmanifested · unrevealed · veiled · implicit · embryonic · incipient · nascent · budding
- tissue stateshealthy, diseased, inflamed, necrotic, viable
- volcanic activityeruption, active, lava, dormant, magma
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
quiescentbusy
Actively occupied with tasks
industrious · engaged · occupied · hardworking · diligent