Latent

What do we mean by latent?

Present or potential but not evident or active: synonym: inactive. adjective

Present but not symptomatic. adjective

Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes. adjective

Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed. adjective

A fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification. noun

Hidden; concealed; not visible or apparent; not manifested: as, latent motives; latent germs of disease.

In botany, dormant or undeveloped: said of buds which are not externally manifest until stimulated to growth.

Synonyms Covert, Occult, etc. See secret.

Not visible or apparent; hidden; concealed; secret; dormant. adjective

Existing but not presenting symptoms; dormant or developing; -- of disease, especially infectious diseases. adjective

Buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for a long time, but may eventually grow. adjective

That quantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, as fusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant for each particular body and for each species of change; the amount of heat required to produce a change of phase. adjective

One of those periods or resting stages in the development of the ovum, in which development is arrested prior to renewed activity. adjective

Existing or present but concealed or inactive. adjective

Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized adjective

(pathology) not presently active adjective

(forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.

An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.

Anything that is latent.

LATENT is the same as closet queen. A repressed homosexual,someone who is secretly gay but pretends to be straight. They may have sex with women but prefer to fuck the arse. Urban Dictionary

Latent Gay. Someone who is transparently gay but believes himself to be straight. Spends all of his time shopping and drinking coffee with straight women who see him as a friend. Wears lots of salmon pink clothes. Inspite of being gay, talks constantly about which woman he'd like to fuck. Often overherd making very stupid, xenophobic/racist comments. Urban Dictionary

A person who later in life is sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Or a person who at a late age, has sexual relations with the opposite sex. Colloquially known as "almost straight." Urban Dictionary

A person whose sexual orientation is still "in the closet" and he or she is "late in" realizing that they are in fact GAY. Urban Dictionary

Latent Anxiety is a fresh award-winning multi-genre music project from LA with main focus on a meltdown of grinding electronic industrial sounds with tight played guitars in a progressive new wave style. The aim of this eclectic artistry covering even diverse and experimental styles is to musically reflect developments in modern society. Urban Dictionary

The tingling burning sensation felt on the anus after doing a large poo! Although felt on the anus, this phenomenon is sensed by the individual as a temperature increase within their cubicle directly proportional to both the girth and gestation period of the poo. Urban Dictionary

A guy who kinda looks straight but when he talks he sounds like a queen by constantly projecting. Urban Dictionary

One who is inordinately enraged by the casual use of "strict" terms (like "charcoal" and "propane"), hangs out with "the guys" and rarely has sex with his lawful wife. Is also unusually interested in, um, tools, power tools, his personal tool shed, drives a powerful (ie. penis) pick up truck Above all, evinces a woman's sensitivity to mundane things such as the clothes his child wears, the hat his "buddy" wears. Almost always: an anal-retentive type. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is in denial of their extreme gayness, and refuses to come out of the closet, one who is often flaming and conflicted with their strict, right-wing religious roots. Urban Dictionary

A PC term applied to someone who is acting in a distinctly average manner. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to latent:
latent, lament, patent, latest, laten, labent, atent, latens.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word latent:
vaporization, lsa, herpes, semantic, indexing, narcissus, pathogenic, variables, manifest, condensation, sensible, fingerprint, syphilis, tuberculosis, autoimmune, latency, virus, evaporation, heat, infection, inhibition, observable, variable, trait, vapor, defect, regression, dormant, psychic, viral, mutant, tendencies, viruses, deviation, mosaic, homosexuality, melting, abilities, allocation, discrete, convection, defects, freezing, infected, diabetes, image, fusion, homosexual, modeling, prints, unconscious, cooling, powers, hiv, activation, analysis, symptoms, anxiety, liquid, immune, phase, talents, photographic, item, thermal, genes, underlying, activated, chronic, observed, heating, parameters, responses, thoughts, models, error, exposure, energy, structural, content, temperature, factor, visible, hidden, algorithm, protein, matrix, dream, errors, probability, proteins, binding, vector, talent, topic, ability, disease, equation, statistical, print.

Words that rhyme with latent:
blatant, natant, statant, gray tint, grey tint, kate hunt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe latent:
long, potential, late, early, spiritual, only, more, divine, evil, most, certain, creative, enormous, moral, psychical, tremendous, psychic, single, primary, much, powerful, universal, immense, actual, plastic, revolutionary, ideal, religious, possible, mental, secondary, destructive, sensible, deep, active, vast, infinite, artistic, passionate, solar, positive, manifest, internal, explosive, eternal, sexual, vital, content, chronic, oftener, explicit, poetic, untreated, inner, emotional, dynamic, magic, deepest, spatial, heat, hyperopia, dramatic, sweet, hidden, unsuspected, opposite, unknown, occult, primitive, profound, extraordinary, genuine.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective latent:
heat, period, infection, variables, image, power, content, powers, form, state, energy, phase, infections, analysis, functions, models, syphilis, virus, defects, possibilities, variable, learning, homosexuality, hostility, model, function, heats, conflict, stage, force, forces, meaning, defect, inhibition, demand, periods, tendencies, structure, capacity, talent, potential, disease, thoughts, roots, ability, energies, strength, resources, capacities, prints, abilities, tendency, trait, talents, tuberculosis, nystagmus, flux, viruses, desire, qualities, classes, images, conflicts, ambiguity, diabetes, potentialities, feeling, feelings, fear, fingerprints, threat, constructs, meanings, tetany, tensions, impressions, interval, release, opposition, protein, causes, fire, antagonism, faculties, violence, danger, herpes.

Consonant match to latent:
light tint.

Words that sound like latent:
latent, blatant, lightened, layton, leighton, leyton, laten, ladened, latin, latest, laden, lighten, lated, litany, leant, luton, lawton, lightens, litten, layden, latins, lateen, latence, laughton, laton, litton, loughton, latten, lytton, latinate, litan, loton, letten, loudened, lotan, leutnant, flotant, letton, lauten, leten, laiton, natant, lattin, let in, lutin, fly tent, late night, late-night, latino, latina, lighted, clayton, flattened, looted, lation, lightest, laurent, latency, leaden, leiden, louden, lay down, loden, leyland, laydown, light out, leyden, loudon, latona, lotted, layland, lton, let out, litote, latan, loment, layon, lowden, layson, atent, laid down, latently, latticed, lightener, latian, ledden, laid on, let on, lodden, lnt, latine, leden, latini, dilatant, claytons, loudens, light on, laid out, laysan, litate.