Synonyms for latent
ˈleɪt ntla·tent

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1. latentadjective

   Synonyms:
   dormant

   Antonyms:
   patent

2. latentadjective

   Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

   Synonyms:
   dormant

   Antonyms:
   patent

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1. latent

   Synonyms:
   concealed, covert, dark, hidden, impalpable, impenetrable, imperceptible, invisible, obscure, occult, secret, undiscovered, unimagined, unknown, unseen, unthought-of

   Antonyms:
   apparent, clear, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, indubitable, manifest, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, tangible, transparent, unmistakable, visible

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1. latent

   Synonyms:
   invisible, inapparent, unobserved, hidden, concealed, undeveloped, implicit, potential, inherent, secret, occult

   Antonyms:
   visible, apparent, manifest, conspicuous, exposed, unconcealed, attentive, developed, explicit

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1. latentadjective

   potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

   "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent"

   Antonyms:
   active, existent, actual

2. latentadjective

   (pathology) not presently active

   "latent infection"; "latent diabetes"

   Antonyms:
   existent, active, actual

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1. • Pathology

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1. delitescent

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. latentadjective

   Synonyms:
   concealed, hidden, secret, occult, veiled, unseen

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1. latentadjective

   Synonyms:
   concealed, dormant, undeveloped, hidden

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1. List of paraphrases for "latent":

   unrealised, dormant, latency, lag, smouldering, unobservable, unobserved, unrealized, frozen, hidden, potential

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1. Orison Swett Marden:

   Opportunities? They are all around us... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

2. Del Toro:

   If you're Mexican and you crossed the border, [ immigration opponents ] never really went away, they've been latent all this time.

3. Plutarch:

   It is an observation no less just than common that there is no stronger test of a man?s real character than power and authority, exciting, as they do, every passion, and discovering every latent vice.

4. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

   More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   It is not okay to put technology systems in with latent capability to take information from citizens of Chile or any other country and transfer it back to President Xi's government.