The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLEEP which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Dormancy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLEEP | 38 % | 5 |
| TORPOR | 25 % | 6 |
| REST | 13 % | 4 |
| SLUMBER | 13 % | 7 |
| INACTION | 13 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dormancy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quiescence
- quiescency
- sleeping
- quiescent
- inactivity
- latent
- latency
- idle
- inactive
- torpor
- lag
- rest
Crossword Answer definitions
SLEEP verb- To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- To accommodate in beds.
- To be slumbering in (a state).
- To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- To be dead; to lie in the grave.
- To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- To place into a state of hibernation.
- The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
- An act or instance of sleeping.
- (metonymically) A night.
- Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
- A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
- The hibernation of animals.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLEEP
- Be in the land of Nod
- Catch some Z's
- Take a siesta
- Visit dreamland
- Doze
- Sheep counter's goal
- Down state?
- Drop off
- Hypnotist's word
- Power-saving mode
More clues leading to the result TORPOR
- Lethargy
- Sloth
- Lethargic state
- Sluggishness
- Extreme sluggishness
- Lethargic indifference
- Slow state
- Slothlike state
- Listlessness
- Opposite of "zip"
More clues leading to the result REST
- Caesura
- Take five
- Break
- Kick back
- Moment of silence
- Observe the Sabbath?
- Pause
- Peace of mind
- Take a break
- Take a breather
More clues leading to the result SLUMBER
- Insomniac's wish
- Light sleep
- Type of teen party
- Undercover activity?
- Sleep
- Rip's lasted twenty years.
- Result of a lullaby.
- Sleep.
- Drowse
- Dormancy