latent

The word “latent” has 2 syllables: la-tent

It's pronounced as /ˈleɪtənt/


What is synonym and antonym for latent?

In the thesaurus, “latent” has 65 synonyms and 34 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for latent along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for latent

  • abeyant
  • arrested
  • asleep
  • at rest
  • between the lines
  • comatose
  • concealed
  • contained
  • covert
  • dead
  • dormant
  • dull
  • fallow
  • free
  • idle
  • immature
  • implied
  • in abeyance
  • inactive
  • inert
  • inferential
  • inferred
  • inherent
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • interrupted
  • intrinsic
  • invisible
  • involved
  • lifeless
  • lurking
  • moribund
  • off
  • on the shelf
  • out of commission
  • passive
  • possible
  • potential
  • quiescent
  • rudimentary
  • secret
  • sleeping
  • sleepy
  • slow
  • smoldering
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • tacit
  • torpid
  • underdeveloped
  • underlying
  • undeveloped
  • unexposed
  • unexpressed
  • unoccupied
  • unrealized
  • unripe
  • unseen
  • unusable
  • unused
  • unworkable
  • useless
  • vacant
  • veiled
  • vestigial

Antonyms for latent

  • active
  • alive
  • apparent
  • assiduous
  • busy
  • clear
  • employed
  • energetic
  • feasible
  • functional
  • functioning
  • going
  • industrious
  • live
  • living
  • manifest
  • obvious
  • on
  • open
  • operable
  • operating
  • operational
  • operative
  • practical
  • public
  • running
  • sedulous
  • usable
  • useable
  • useful
  • viable
  • vigorous
  • workable
  • working

Meanings of latent

  • noun
    1. (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
    2. An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
    3. Anything that is latent.
  • adjective
    1. Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
    2. (of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
    3. Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

Example Sentences

  • The detective discovered latent fingerprints on the evidence, which could lead to new suspects.
  • Many talents remain latent until individuals find the right opportunity to express them.
  • The doctor explained that the virus could remain latent in the body for years without showing symptoms.
  • Latent feelings of resentment can sometimes surface unexpectedly in relationships.
  • Scientists are studying the latent effects of pollution on the environment over time.

On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to latent, such as: abeyant, active, alive, apparent, arrested, asleep, assiduous.

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Related Words

ignored

  • abandoned
  • abortive
  • absolved
  • acquitted
  • affronted
  • backward
  • behindhand
  • blackballed
  • bypassed
  • careless
  • cast aside
  • cast off
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • cleared
  • condoned
  • deaf
  • decayed
  • declined
  • deferred
  • depreciated
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • despised
  • destitute
  • deteriorated
  • discarded
  • discounted
  • disdained
  • dishonored
  • dismissed
  • disobeyed
  • disowned
  • disregarded
  • disused
  • embryonic
  • empty
  • evaded
  • exculpated
  • excused
  • exonerated
  • explained
  • failed
  • forgave
  • forgave and forgot
  • forgot
  • forgotten
  • forlorn
  • forsaken
  • friendless
  • godforsaken
  • half-baked
  • heedless
  • idle
  • inattentive
  • inchoate
  • incipient
  • inexperienced
  • infringed
  • inobservant
  • isolated
  • jettisoned
  • jilted
  • junked
  • justified
  • lapsed
  • latent
  • left alone
  • left at the altar
  • left behind
  • left in the lurch
  • lonely
  • lorn
  • marooned
  • miserable
  • missed
  • neglected
  • not explained
  • not responded to
  • omitted
  • outcast
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • papered over
  • pardoned
  • passed over
  • pending
  • pooh-poohed
  • poohed
  • postponed
  • potential
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • rationalized
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • remitted
  • retracted
  • scanted
  • scorned
  • shabby
  • shrugged off
  • shunned
  • skimped
  • slighted
  • solitary
  • spurned
  • tabled
  • thrown over
  • tossed aside
  • traduced
  • transgressed
  • unactualized
  • unattended
  • unconsidered
  • underdeveloped
  • underestimated
  • undervalued
  • unevolved
  • unheeded
  • unmindful
  • unnoted
  • unnoticed
  • unobserved
  • unprogressive
  • untaught
  • untended
  • untrained
  • unused
  • unwanted
  • unwatched
  • unwatchful
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • vindicated
  • violated
  • void
  • waived
  • waste
  • whitewashed
  • without reply
  • wretched

unconscious

  • absent
  • absentminded
  • abstracted
  • accidental
  • anesthetized
  • benumbed
  • blacked out
  • bombed
  • clueless
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • comatose
  • dead to the world
  • drowsy
  • entranced
  • feeling no pain
  • flattened
  • gut
  • heedless
  • ignorant
  • in a trance
  • in the dark
  • inadvertent
  • inanimate
  • inattentive
  • incognizant
  • inconscient
  • inert
  • inherent
  • innate
  • innocent
  • insensate
  • insensible
  • instinctive
  • involuntary
  • knocked
  • latent
  • lethargic
  • lost
  • nescient
  • numb
  • oblivious
  • on the canvas
  • out
  • out like a light
  • palsied
  • paralyzed
  • passed out
  • put away
  • raving
  • reflex
  • repressed
  • semiconscious
  • senseless
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • subconscious
  • subliminal
  • suppressed
  • swooning
  • torpid
  • tranced
  • unacquainted
  • unaware
  • uncalculated
  • undeliberate
  • uneducated
  • unheeding
  • uninformed
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unknowing
  • unmindful
  • unpremeditated
  • unrealized
  • unschooled
  • untaught
  • unwitting
  • zonked

uncalculated

  • abrupt
  • accidental
  • adventitious
  • aimless
  • automatic
  • begrudging
  • blind
  • casual
  • chance
  • coincidental
  • compulsory
  • conditioned
  • contingent
  • desultory
  • extemporaneous
  • fluky
  • forced
  • fortuitous
  • from left field
  • grudging
  • gut
  • habitual
  • half-cocked
  • haphazard
  • hasty
  • hit-or-miss
  • hurried
  • ill-advised
  • impetuous
  • impromptu
  • impulsive
  • inadvertent
  • inattentive
  • incidental
  • inherent
  • innate
  • instinctive
  • instinctual
  • involuntary
  • knee-jerk
  • latent
  • lost
  • not bargained for
  • obligatory
  • out of the blue
  • purposeless
  • random
  • reflex
  • reflexive
  • reluctant
  • repressed
  • rushed
  • spontaneous
  • startling
  • subconscious
  • subliminal
  • sudden
  • suppressed
  • surprise
  • unadvised
  • unanticipated
  • unaware
  • unconscious
  • unconsidered
  • uncontrolled
  • undeliberate
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • unheeding
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unlooked-for
  • unmeditated
  • unmindful
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprompted
  • unrealized
  • unstudied
  • unthinking
  • unwilling
  • unwitting
  • will-less

quiescent

  • ambitionless
  • apathetic
  • asleep
  • at rest
  • catatonic
  • comatose
  • deactivated
  • dead
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • dormant
  • drowsy
  • drugged
  • dull
  • fallow
  • idle
  • immobile
  • in abeyance
  • inactive
  • inanimate
  • indolent
  • inert
  • inoperative
  • languorous
  • latent
  • lazy
  • lazyish
  • lethargic
  • listless
  • motionless
  • passive
  • quiet
  • resting
  • sedentary
  • shiftless
  • slack
  • sleepy
  • slothful
  • sluggard
  • sluggardly
  • sluggish
  • slumbering
  • somnambulant
  • stagnant
  • static
  • still
  • torpid

vacant

  • abandoned
  • abeyant
  • abstracted
  • aloof
  • apathetic
  • arrested
  • asleep
  • at rest
  • available
  • bare
  • barren
  • blank
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • catatonic
  • clean
  • clear
  • cold
  • comatose
  • cool
  • daydreaming
  • dead
  • deadpan
  • depleted
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • detached
  • devoid
  • discarded
  • disengaged
  • disused
  • dormant
  • drained
  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • dry
  • dull
  • emptied
  • empty
  • empty-headed
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • exhausted
  • expressionless
  • fallow
  • foolish
  • forgotten
  • forsaken
  • free
  • godforsaken
  • hollow
  • idle
  • ignored
  • impassive
  • impenetrable
  • inactive
  • inane
  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • inert
  • inexpressive
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • inscrutable
  • interrupted
  • jettisoned
  • junked
  • latent
  • lifeless
  • miserable
  • moribund
  • motionless
  • mysterious
  • neglected
  • not in use
  • numb
  • off
  • on the shelf
  • open
  • out of commission
  • phlegmatic
  • quiescent
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • reticent
  • shabby
  • silly
  • sleepy
  • slow
  • stark
  • static
  • still
  • stolid
  • stupid
  • suspended
  • taciturn
  • tenantless
  • thoughtless
  • to let
  • toom
  • unattended
  • unemployed
  • unengaged
  • unexpressive
  • unfilled
  • unfurnished
  • uninhabited
  • unintelligent
  • unlived in
  • unoccupied
  • unresponsive
  • untaken
  • untenanted
  • untended
  • unthinking
  • unusable
  • unused
  • unworkable
  • useless
  • vacated
  • vacuous
  • vague
  • vapid
  • void
  • waste
  • without contents
  • witless
  • wooden
  • wretched

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