dormancy
nounHow many syllables in dormancy?
There are 3 syllables in the word dormancy.How to pronounce dormancy:
Definition of dormancy:
- dormancy (noun):
- a short sleep
- quiet and inactive restfulness.
- the quality or state of being dormant
Synonyms for dormancy:
abeyance
cold storage
coma
doze
ease
kip
latency
moratorium
nap
quiescence
quiescency
recession
relaxation
repose
rest
sleep
sleeping
slumber(s)
suspense
suspension
vegetation
Antonyms for dormancy:
action
activeness
activity
animation
briskness
busyness
diligence
drive
energy
expression
hard work
industriousness
industry
interest
life
liveliness
vigor
vigour
vitality
work
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- tomorrow
- suggested
- gathering
- entangle
- discredit
- discomfit
- deference
- Cerberus
- unfolding
- tambourine
- suspicion
- seventeenth
- pedantry
- normalcy
- lyricist
- like-minded
- convener
- casita
- bronchial
- Bonnibelle
- challenging
- unfounded
- semibald
- revision
- policy
- negligent
- merengue
- macadam
- inspection
- forcibly
- decisive
- annotate
- agilely
- tolerate
- submission
- novelist
- cowardice
- asinine
- ascending
- admiring
- virulence
- righteousness
- resistant
- projection
- precaution
- Paraguay
- credited
- alchemy
- adjutant
- requiem
- … more
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