Synonyms for kinetic
kɪˈnɛt ɪk, kaɪ-ki·net·ic

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1. kineticadjective

   Synonyms:
   vigorous, dynamic, seepy, active, animated

   Antonyms:
   logic, lazy, sluggish

2. kineticadjective

   Of or relating to motion

   Synonyms:
   active, dynamic, seepy, vigorous, animated

   Antonyms:
   lazy, logic, sluggish

3. kineticadjective

   Of or relating to kinesis

   Synonyms:
   seepy, active, vigorous, dynamic, animated

   Antonyms:
   logic, sluggish, lazy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. kineticadjective

   relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith

   "kinetic energy"

   Synonyms:
   energizing, energising

   Antonyms:
   unmoving, nonmoving, undynamic, adynamic

2. kineticadjective

   characterized by motion

   "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"

   Synonyms:
   energizing, energising

   Antonyms:
   adynamic, unmoving, nonmoving, undynamic

3. energizing, energising, kineticadjective

   supplying motive force

   "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor

   Synonyms:
   energising, energizing

   Antonyms:
   nonmoving, adynamic, unmoving, undynamic

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1. List of paraphrases for "kinetic":

   kinetics

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1. William A. Smith:

   Engineering is the science of economy, of conserving the energy, kinetic and potential, provided and stored up by nature for the use of man. It is the business of engineering to utilize this energy to the best advantage, so that there may be the least possible waste.

2. United States:

   Why not shoot Western Mindanao down ? We have to do the risk-reward here, so the first question is, does it pose a threat, a physical kinetic threat, to individuals in United States in the United States homeland ? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a threat to civilian aviation ? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a significantly enhanced threat on the intelligence side ? Our best assessment right now is that it does not. So given that profile, we assess the risk of downing it, even if the probability is low in a sparsely populated area of the debris falling and hurting someone or damaging property, that it was n’t worth it.

3. Angelo Carusone:

   This cauldron of extremism and disinformation is being propelled by social media, it's created a lot of kinetic energy that is now a part of more mainstream politics. This is both an early warning system as well as an alarm bell for fires that are already going off. Acceptance of results is not going to be tolerated anymore, unless they align with what this sector wants.

4. President Obama on Wednesday:

   The authorization I propose would provide the flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other more limited circumstances, such as rescue operations involving U.S. or coalition personnel or the use of special operations forces to take military action against ISIL leadership, it would also authorize the use of U.S. forces in situations where ground combat operations are not expected or intended, such as intelligence collection and sharing, missions to enable kinetic strikes or the provision of operational planning and other forms of advice and assistance to partner forces.

5. Lindley Johnson:

   DART would be NASA's first mission to demonstrate what's known as the kinetic impactor technique -- striking the asteroid to shift its orbit -- to defend against a potential future asteroid impact, this approval step advances the project toward an historic test with a non-threatening small asteroid.