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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'active'
1. (noun) active agent, active
chemical agent capable of activity Synonyms: active voice active agent active 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
2. (noun) active voice, active
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb Synonyms: active voice active agent active 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
3. (adj) active
a person who is a participating member of an organization Synonyms: active voiceactive agentAntonyms: 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 4. (adj) active
tending to become more severe or wider in scope Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 5. (adj) active, combat-ready, fighting(a)
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations 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. (adj) active
disposed to take action or effectuate change Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 7. (adj) active, participating
taking part in an activity Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , active participating combat-ready 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 8. (adj) active
characterized by energetic activity Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 9. (adj) active
exerting influence or producing a change or effect Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 10. (adj) active
full of activity or engaged in continuous activity Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 11. (adj) active, alive(p)
in operation 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. (adj) active
(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 13. (adj) active
expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions" Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 14. (adj) active, dynamic
(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being Synonyms: dynamic dynamical fighting(a) , alive(p) , active participating combat-ready 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 15. (adj) active
(of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 16. (adj) active
(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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 17. (adj) active
engaged in full-time work Synonyms: dynamic fighting(a) , alive(p) , participating combat-ready 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
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