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Synonyms for active
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Princeton's WordNet
active agent, active(noun)
chemical agent capable of activity
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active voice, active agentAntonyms:
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, resistlessactive voice, active(noun)
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"
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active voice, active agentAntonyms:
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-boundactive(adj)
a person who is a participating member of an organization
"the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
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active voice, active 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, dullactive(adj)
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
"active tuberculosis"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, supineactive, combat-ready, fighting(a)(adj)
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
"on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
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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, inertactive(adj)
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"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, underactiveactive, participating(adj)
taking part in an activity
"an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, slowactive(adj)
characterized by energetic activity
"an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, quietactive(adj)
exerting influence or producing a change or effect
"an active ingredient"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, retiredactive(adj)
full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
"an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, deadactive, alive(p)(adj)
in operation
"keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"
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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, darkactive(adj)
(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, flatactive(adj)
expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, latentactive, dynamic(adj)
(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
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dynamic, dynamical, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, uninvolvedactive(adj)
(of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, indolentactive(adj)
(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
"active volcanos"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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, dullactive(adj)
engaged in full-time work
"active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"
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dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), participating, combat-readyAntonyms:
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
Wiktionary
active(adjective)
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inert, tranquil, dormant, lethargic, sedentary, slow, dull, extinct, bottom, quiescent, theoretical, sluggish, passive, speculative, indolentactive(adjective)
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sluggish, extinct, indolent, dormant, passive, sedentary, inert, theoretical, speculative, slow, dull, quiescent, tranquil, lethargic, bottomactive(adjective)
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inert, quiescent, dormant, tranquil, bottom, passive, sluggish, sedentary, theoretical, slow, dull, indolent, lethargic, extinct, speculativeactive(noun)
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dormant, lethargic, slow, passive, inert, tranquil, theoretical, dull, speculative, indolent, sedentary, extinct, sluggish, bottom, quiescentactive(adjective)
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; \uE000105667 opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
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bottom, dormant, sluggish, slow, quiescent, dull, lethargic, inert, sedentary, speculative, theoretical, passive, tranquil, extinct, indolentactive(adjective)
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extinct, inert, passive, quiescent, bottom, sluggish, dormant, lethargic, speculative, slow, indolent, theoretical, dull, tranquil, sedentaryactive(adjective)
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slow, tranquil, speculative, bottom, dormant, sluggish, sedentary, quiescent, inert, passive, extinct, dull, indolent, theoretical, lethargicactive(adjective)
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quiescent, extinct, dull, indolent, lethargic, inert, slow, sluggish, theoretical, passive, bottom, sedentary, dormant, speculative, tranquilactive(adjective)
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lethargic, theoretical, sedentary, bottom, indolent, dormant, inert, speculative, tranquil, dull, sluggish, quiescent, passive, slow, extinctactive(adjective)
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speculative, dull, extinct, slow, bottom, sedentary, inert, tranquil, quiescent, sluggish, lethargic, indolent, passive, dormant, theoreticalactive(adjective)
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quiescent, dull, dormant, indolent, sedentary, slow, sluggish, inert, tranquil, bottom, theoretical, lethargic, passive, speculative, extinctactive(adjective)
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passive, dull, sluggish, quiescent, extinct, bottom, speculative, theoretical, lethargic, slow, sedentary, indolent, inert, dormant, tranquilactive(adjective)
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inert, passive, sluggish, indolent, extinct, quiescent, tranquil, bottom, theoretical, dull, dormant, sedentary, slow, lethargic, speculative
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
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 Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
active(a.)
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practical, operative, living, vigorous, in action, in operationactive(a.)
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busy, diligent, assiduous, industrious, indefatigable, unremitting, laborious, sedulous, notable, at work, hard at work, diligently employed, busily engagedactive(a.)
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alert, nimble, agile, supple, brisk, dapper, stirring, SPRY, smart, quick, prompt, ready, lively, sprightly, spiritedactive(a.)
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enterprising, energetic, strong, efficient, in earnestactive(a.)
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drastic (as medicine), powerful, efficaciousactive(a.)
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(Gram.) transitive
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#272 | check | |
#453 | select | |
#528 | working | |
#534 | mobile | |
#581 | activities | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1015 | activity | |
#1068 | effective | |
#1222 | industrial | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1467 | positive | |
#2041 | enable | |
#2155 | expert | |
#2450 | alert | |
#2619 | assets | |
#2726 | dynamic | |
#3954 | asset | |
#4087 | busy | |
#4117 | turns | |
#4346 | participating | |
#4809 | enables | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#7031 | actively | |
#10049 | activate | |
#11541 | activist | |
#11952 | vibrant | |
#12285 | lively | |
#12409 | positively | |
#13843 | proactive | |
#14373 | energetic | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18644 | agile | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#20954 | dynamical | |
#24265 | vigorously | |
#26914 | activates | |
#29634 | supple | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30597 | diligent | |
#31151 | bustling | |
#41552 | activa | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#52872 | industrious | |
#64017 | spry | |
#91697 | sprightly | |
#110255 | actif | |
#122314 | dexterous | |
#131319 | officious |
How to use active in a sentence?
He looked at me, and he asked me where I was born, so, I look at him, and I say, 'Are you serious?' He's like, 'I am very serious.'/* global CNN, Modernizr */'use strict';CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature('video').then(function () {CNN.VideoPlayer.handleUnmutePlayer = function handleUnmutePlayer(containerId, dataObj) {'use strict';var playerInstance,playerPropertyObj,rememberTime,unmuteCTA,unmuteIdSelector = 'unmute_' + containerId,isPlayerMute;dataObj = dataObj || {};if (CNN.VideoPlayer.getLibraryName(containerId) === 'fave') {playerInstance = FAVE.player.getInstance(containerId) || null;} else {playerInstance = containerId }isPlayerMute = (typeof dataObj.muted === 'boolean') ? dataObj.muted : false;if (CNN.VideoPlayer.playerProperties }if (playerPropertyObj.mute playerInstance.unmute();if (unmuteCTA.length > 0) {unmuteCTA.removeClass('video__unmute--active').addClass('video__unmute--inactive');unmuteCTA.off('click');rememberTime = 0;if (rememberTime 0) {$vidEndSlate.find('.l-container').html('');$vidEndSlate.removeClass('video__end-slate--inactive').addClass('video__end-slate--active');}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: 'none',video: 'us/2018/05/22/border-patrol-speaking-spanish-panel-lemon-ctn-sot.cnn',width: '100%',height: '100%',section: 'domestic',profile: 'expansion',network: 'cnn',markupId: 'body-text_29',theoplayer: {allowNativeFullscreen: true},adsection: 'const-article-inpage',frameWidth: '100%',frameHeight: '100%',posterImageOverride: {.
The only thing I can add is that I have a mandate with a mission, which is to transform the group ... and I think you have seen today that all parts of the group are very active in executing this mission.
He ... discovered his inner politician, he's active in parliament. He's more confident. His repartee shows he can think on his feet.
Of course, there are active investors who outperform. Not most, and not half. But there's a minority who do earn their fees, and they should continue to be in demand.
It's really exciting, i have to support this guy, someone who has been active in this world since he was a teenager.
Translations for active
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- حرك, فاره, شغال, نشيط, عامل, فاعلArabic
- әүҙемBashkir
- акты́ўныBelarusian
- активен, действащ, деен, енергичен, действителенBulgarian
- činnýCzech
- aktivDanish
- rührig, aktiv, tätig, gewandt, flinkGerman
- agemaEsperanto
- activoSpanish
- tegev-, kehtiv, asjalik, tarmukas, usin, aktiiv, väle, elav, tegutsev, tegev, isikulineEstonian
- آکتیو, معلومPersian
- aktiivinenFinnish
- actifFrench
- spreigeach, giobachScottish Gaelic
- jantaghManx
- attivoItalian
- ぴちぴち, 能動的, 活発, 積極的, 活動的, 活躍, ぴんぴん, すばしっこいJapanese
- darbīgs, žirgts, aktīvs, spirgts, kustīgs, izdarīgs, darāms, mundrs, ņiprs, možsLatvian
- giat, aktifMalay
- actiefDutch
- aktivNorwegian
- czynny, aktywnyPolish
- ativo, ativadoPortuguese
- activRomanian
- деятельный, активный, живой, действующий, действительный, проворный, энергичныйRussian
- aktíven, dejávenSlovene
- veprorAlbanian
- aktivSwedish
- செயலில்Tamil
- aktifTurkish
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