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riˈæk tɪvre·ac·tive

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. reactiveadjective

    participating readily in reactions

    "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive"

    Synonyms:
    responsive

    Antonyms:
    indifferent, neutral, unreactive, stable, inert, inactive, insensitive, noble

  2. reactive, responsiveadjective

    reacting to a stimulus

    "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons"

    Synonyms:
    responsive, antiphonal

    Antonyms:
    noble, indifferent, stable, inactive, neutral, insensitive, unreactive, inert

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PPDB, the paraphrase database3.5 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "reactive":

    reagent, reagents, reactant, responsive, reaction, passive, reactivated, var

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How to use reactive in a sentence?

  1. Chris Miller:

    We are hoping to be one of the first to establish this comprehensive screening of reactive proteins in wheat.

  2. Jeb Bush:

    He praises Putin and says let Russia take care of ISIS, it's a reactive kind of mode that somehow, I'm the big guy in the room and I'll just figure it out as I go along.

  3. Gaige Grosskreutz:

    While my work as a paramedic was important to the community I felt it was reactive : somebody gets shot, somebody overdoses, i wanted to further my understanding of the world and further educate Gaige Grosskreutz and then be on the proactive side. Stop people from getting shot, stop people from overdosing.

  4. Patrick Silva:

    We all had each others' backs. We didn't start any fights, i remember Jimmy being very quick, and not afraid. ... He wasn't reactive, he was proactive.

  5. Gareth Mulvenna:

    All of these things... conspire to make people very fearful, because they assume maybe this is the endgame for European Union, loyalism and unionism are always reactive and on the defensive mode, but now, unionism is having to react to different forces outside of its control.


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