Synonyms for fallow
- adjective
- noun
Most common
dormant latent unproductive abeyant uncultivated unplowed untilled
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Idle — inactive; undeveloped
idle, dormant, unproductive, unoccupied, dull, inactive, unemployed, quiescent, inert, latent, abeyant, torpid, lethargic, languid
Other
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inactive; undeveloped.
a fallow period in one's career
- n. 1
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
Related words
- Phrases
- fallow deer
Forms
- Plural
- fallows → yellows…
Example sentences
- dormant The cobbles lie dormant beneath a layer of asphalt.
- latent There are many latent gays among rampant homophobes.
- unproductive The meeting ended up being futile and unproductive.
- uncultivated This land is left uncultivated.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fallow | falling | |
| dormant | steady | |
| latent | steady | |
| unproductive | steady | |
| abeyant | steady | |
| uncultivated | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dull1, idle2
- 5 letters
- inert2
- 6 letters
- yellow2, latent2, torpid2
- 7 letters
- dormant2, languid2, abeyant
- 8 letters
- inactive3, unplowed, untilled
- 9 letters
- lethargic3, quiescent3
- 10 letters
- unemployed3, unoccupied4
- 12 letters
- unproductive4, uncultivated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).