Antonyms for active
ˈæk tɪvac·tive

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1. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   inert, tranquil, dormant, lethargic, sedentary, slow, dull, extinct, bottom, quiescent, theoretical, sluggish, passive, speculative, indolent

2. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   sluggish, extinct, indolent, dormant, passive, sedentary, inert, theoretical, speculative, slow, dull, quiescent, tranquil, lethargic, bottom

3. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   inert, quiescent, dormant, tranquil, bottom, passive, sluggish, sedentary, theoretical, slow, dull, indolent, lethargic, extinct, speculative

4. activenoun

   Antonyms:
   dormant, lethargic, slow, passive, inert, tranquil, theoretical, dull, speculative, indolent, sedentary, extinct, sluggish, bottom, quiescent

5. activeadjective

   Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

   Antonyms:
   bottom, dormant, sluggish, slow, quiescent, dull, lethargic, inert, sedentary, speculative, theoretical, passive, tranquil, extinct, indolent

6. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   extinct, inert, passive, quiescent, bottom, sluggish, dormant, lethargic, speculative, slow, indolent, theoretical, dull, tranquil, sedentary

7. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   slow, tranquil, speculative, bottom, dormant, sluggish, sedentary, quiescent, inert, passive, extinct, dull, indolent, theoretical, lethargic

8. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   quiescent, extinct, dull, indolent, lethargic, inert, slow, sluggish, theoretical, passive, bottom, sedentary, dormant, speculative, tranquil

9. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   lethargic, theoretical, sedentary, bottom, indolent, dormant, inert, speculative, tranquil, dull, sluggish, quiescent, passive, slow, extinct

10. activeadjective

    Antonyms:
    speculative, dull, extinct, slow, bottom, sedentary, inert, tranquil, quiescent, sluggish, lethargic, indolent, passive, dormant, theoretical

11. activeadjective

    Antonyms:
    dull, dormant, indolent, sedentary, slow, sluggish, inert, tranquil, bottom, theoretical, lethargic, passive, speculative, extinct, quiescent

12. activeadjective

    Antonyms:
    passive, dull, sluggish, quiescent, extinct, bottom, speculative, theoretical, lethargic, slow, sedentary, indolent, inert, dormant, tranquil

13. activeadjective

    Antonyms:
    inert, passive, sluggish, indolent, extinct, quiescent, tranquil, bottom, theoretical, dull, dormant, sedentary, slow, lethargic, speculative

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. active

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Synonyms:
   agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. active

   Antonyms:
   slow, inactive, indolent, sluggish, heavy

   Synonyms:
   nimble, agile, lively, sprightly, brisk, quick, expert, dexterous, supple, wide-awake, prompt, busy, industrial, diligent

Matched Categories

1. • Astronomy
   • Pathology
   • Voice
   • Volcano

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. active agent, activenoun

   chemical agent capable of activity

   Antonyms:
   passive, quiescent, inactive, slow, sluggish, unresisting, torpid, dead-end, dull, dormant, flat, desk-bound, dead, hypoactive, supine, extinct, nonoperational, retired, sedentary, underactive, soggy, indolent, latent, unused, deskbound, nonexistent, inert, quiet, strikebound, dark, stative, off, abeyant, uninvolved, idle, hands-off, resistless

   Synonyms:
   active voice, active agent

2. active voice, activenoun

   the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

   "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"

   Antonyms:
   sluggish, flat, dead-end, extinct, quiescent, slow, indolent, inert, inactive, underactive, nonoperational, unused, hypoactive, passive, soggy, quiet, abeyant, nonexistent, dull, torpid, retired, uninvolved, dormant, supine, strikebound, resistless, dead, deskbound, dark, sedentary, stative, latent, hands-off, off, unresisting, idle, desk-bound

   Synonyms:
   active voice, active agent

3. activeadjective

   a person who is a participating member of an organization

   "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

   Antonyms:
   inert, hands-off, supine, quiescent, torpid, deskbound, inactive, dormant, passive, soggy, desk-bound, dark, resistless, underactive, hypoactive, unused, nonoperational, stative, extinct, indolent, strikebound, sedentary, off, slow, sluggish, uninvolved, latent, dead-end, retired, dead, quiet, unresisting, abeyant, idle, nonexistent, flat, dull

   Synonyms:
   active voice, active agent

4. activeadjective

   tending to become more severe or wider in scope

   "active tuberculosis"

   Antonyms:
   unused, sedentary, inactive, nonoperational, sluggish, nonexistent, passive, hypoactive, slow, dead, dark, desk-bound, stative, deskbound, dead-end, dormant, idle, inert, resistless, strikebound, latent, torpid, off, hands-off, soggy, quiescent, dull, uninvolved, indolent, quiet, unresisting, retired, flat, extinct, underactive, abeyant, supine

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

5. active, combat-ready, fighting(a)adjective

   engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

   "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"

   Antonyms:
   strikebound, hypoactive, desk-bound, quiescent, underactive, inactive, indolent, passive, sluggish, flat, idle, quiet, soggy, extinct, dull, dormant, dead, hands-off, unused, nonoperational, resistless, slow, stative, sedentary, deskbound, supine, off, dark, torpid, unresisting, uninvolved, dead-end, latent, abeyant, retired, nonexistent, inert

6. activeadjective

   disposed to take action or effectuate change

   "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances"

   Antonyms:
   quiet, resistless, dull, nonexistent, nonoperational, hands-off, strikebound, hypoactive, inactive, dark, desk-bound, slow, soggy, off, sluggish, inert, dead, unresisting, idle, retired, passive, dead-end, quiescent, unused, extinct, latent, abeyant, stative, supine, flat, dormant, indolent, uninvolved, torpid, sedentary, deskbound, underactive

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

7. active, participatingadjective

   taking part in an activity

   "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"

   Antonyms:
   passive, indolent, idle, unresisting, hands-off, dead-end, latent, inactive, hypoactive, resistless, underactive, sluggish, retired, off, extinct, sedentary, flat, quiet, stative, soggy, dormant, desk-bound, quiescent, abeyant, unused, deskbound, uninvolved, nonexistent, supine, dead, dull, torpid, inert, nonoperational, dark, strikebound, slow

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

8. activeadjective

   characterized by energetic activity

   "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"

   Antonyms:
   inactive, nonexistent, dormant, quiescent, sluggish, strikebound, dark, deskbound, passive, abeyant, hands-off, unresisting, desk-bound, off, unused, stative, retired, sedentary, nonoperational, hypoactive, dead-end, supine, flat, resistless, inert, dull, latent, underactive, idle, extinct, slow, indolent, dead, soggy, torpid, uninvolved, quiet

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

9. activeadjective

   exerting influence or producing a change or effect

   "an active ingredient"

   Antonyms:
   desk-bound, inactive, sluggish, abeyant, dead, dormant, dull, extinct, nonexistent, slow, hands-off, quiescent, quiet, supine, dead-end, resistless, dark, strikebound, hypoactive, unused, torpid, latent, flat, unresisting, nonoperational, passive, sedentary, soggy, uninvolved, underactive, indolent, idle, deskbound, stative, inert, off, retired

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

10. activeadjective

    full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

    "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"

    Antonyms:
    flat, unused, inactive, hypoactive, sluggish, slow, deskbound, dark, uninvolved, quiescent, desk-bound, off, unresisting, strikebound, extinct, passive, dormant, torpid, resistless, soggy, sedentary, dull, dead-end, supine, abeyant, nonoperational, underactive, nonexistent, indolent, latent, inert, idle, quiet, hands-off, stative, retired, dead

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

11. active, alive(p)adjective

    in operation

    "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"

    Antonyms:
    dormant, stative, extinct, passive, resistless, dead, strikebound, desk-bound, sluggish, dull, nonexistent, off, unused, quiescent, deskbound, indolent, torpid, soggy, flat, inactive, hands-off, slow, latent, sedentary, hypoactive, dead-end, uninvolved, idle, inert, retired, quiet, unresisting, abeyant, underactive, nonoperational, supine, dark

12. activeadjective

    (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions

    Antonyms:
    quiescent, inactive, soggy, abeyant, supine, slow, dead-end, dormant, dull, nonoperational, idle, sluggish, dark, dead, unused, desk-bound, deskbound, extinct, nonexistent, unresisting, resistless, inert, off, sedentary, underactive, indolent, hands-off, torpid, hypoactive, uninvolved, latent, strikebound, passive, retired, stative, quiet, flat

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

13. activeadjective

    expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"

    Antonyms:
    extinct, quiescent, uninvolved, dead, desk-bound, underactive, hypoactive, quiet, inactive, dormant, inert, flat, dull, passive, sedentary, deskbound, hands-off, abeyant, torpid, unresisting, slow, strikebound, nonoperational, nonexistent, indolent, resistless, soggy, unused, stative, idle, off, dead-end, sluggish, retired, dark, supine, latent

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

14. active, dynamicadjective

    (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

    Antonyms:
    inactive, deskbound, dead-end, unused, quiescent, torpid, latent, dead, strikebound, hands-off, supine, nonoperational, passive, quiet, resistless, hypoactive, stative, unresisting, inert, idle, sluggish, dormant, retired, off, desk-bound, dark, sedentary, dull, nonexistent, extinct, flat, soggy, underactive, indolent, slow, abeyant, uninvolved

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, dynamical, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

15. activeadjective

    (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting

    Antonyms:
    passive, underactive, uninvolved, extinct, inactive, slow, latent, quiescent, resistless, dead-end, dark, nonoperational, abeyant, strikebound, dead, deskbound, desk-bound, unresisting, dormant, flat, dull, quiet, unused, hands-off, soggy, sedentary, stative, idle, nonexistent, sluggish, retired, hypoactive, torpid, supine, inert, off, indolent

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

16. activeadjective

    (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt

    "active volcanos"

    Antonyms:
    uninvolved, latent, unused, soggy, dead, inactive, dark, passive, extinct, deskbound, flat, inert, dead-end, slow, retired, abeyant, off, sedentary, desk-bound, quiescent, quiet, unresisting, torpid, nonexistent, resistless, idle, indolent, dormant, strikebound, hands-off, hypoactive, underactive, supine, nonoperational, sluggish, stative, dull

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

17. activeadjective

    engaged in full-time work

    "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"

    Antonyms:
    slow, unresisting, dormant, quiescent, off, inactive, sedentary, desk-bound, inert, stative, passive, nonoperational, dead, hypoactive, flat, strikebound, deskbound, sluggish, underactive, dead-end, dark, indolent, dull, uninvolved, supine, latent, soggy, quiet, nonexistent, resistless, hands-off, extinct, retired, abeyant, idle, torpid, unused

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-ready

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. activeadjective

   Antonyms:
   inactive, passive, latent, quiescent, sedentary

   Synonyms:
   brisk, nimble, agile, sprightly, spirited, strenuous, diligent, enterprising, operative, efficacious, drastic, effective, transitive

How to use active in a sentence?

1. Jack Wisdom:

   Just like a butterfly's chrysalis, this satellite was long dormant and suddenly became active, and the rings emerged.

2. Justin Flexen:

   It’s definitely great for a post-workout recovery. If you’re into lifting weights, if you’re a runner, we do go through a series of stretches so that helps with that active recovery.

3. Phil Klotzbach:

   We don't necessarily need to have a La Niña event to support a very active season, we currently have cool neutral ENSO conditions, that is, colder than normal but not cold enough for La Niña threshold.

4. President Trump:

   The current American political debate is profound, it is crucial that conservatives play an active, forceful role in that debate.

5. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

   The concept of a security threat is undergoing a serious change. In this process, NATO needs to be more active and has to update itself against the new security threats.

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