Synonyms for active
ˈæk tɪv

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1. active agent, active(noun)

   chemical agent capable of activity

   Synonyms:
   active voice, active agent

   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. active 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"

   Synonyms:
   active voice, active agent

   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. active(adj)

   a person who is a participating member of an organization

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

   Synonyms:
   active voice, active agent

   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

4. active(adj)

   tending to become more severe or wider in scope

   "active tuberculosis"

   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. active, 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"

   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. active(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"

   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. active, participating(adj)

   taking part in an activity

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

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, fighting(a), alive(p), 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. active(adj)

   characterized by energetic activity

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

   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. active(adj)

   exerting influence or producing a change or effect

   "an active ingredient"

   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. active(adj)

    full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

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

    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. active, alive(p)(adj)

    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. active(adj)

    (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. active(adj)

    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. active, 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

    Synonyms:
    dynamic, dynamical, fighting(a), alive(p), 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. active(adj)

    (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. active(adj)

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

    "active volcanos"

    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. active(adj)

    engaged in full-time work

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

    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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. active(adjective)

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

2. active(adjective)

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

3. active(adjective)

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

4. active(noun)

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

5. active(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.

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

6. active(adjective)

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

7. active(adjective)

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

8. active(adjective)

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

9. active(adjective)

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

10. active(adjective)

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

11. active(adjective)

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

12. active(adjective)

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

13. active(adjective)

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

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

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

   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 Antonyms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. active

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

   Antonyms:
   slow, inactive, indolent, sluggish, heavy

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1. lazy

   when your lazy, you're like a couch potato, when you're active, you can be all tired of exercise, work and more!

   she's very active, but her little brother is very lazy.

   Submitted by xnrtd on January 16, 2021  

2. round character

   they have a lot of things to do

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. active(a.)

   Synonyms:
   practical, operative, living, vigorous, in action, in operation

2. active(a.)

   Synonyms:
   busy, diligent, assiduous, industrious, indefatigable, unremitting, laborious, sedulous, notable, at work, hard at work, diligently employed, busily engaged

3. active(a.)

   Synonyms:
   alert, nimble, agile, supple, brisk, dapper, stirring, SPRY, smart, quick, prompt, ready, lively, sprightly, spirited

4. active(a.)

   Synonyms:
   enterprising, energetic, strong, efficient, in earnest

5. active(a.)

   Synonyms:
   drastic (as medicine), powerful, efficacious

6. active(a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) transitive

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. active(a)

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

   Antonyms:
   inactive, passive, latent, quiescent, sedentary

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "active":

   assets, actively, asset, positive, proactive, activates, select, pro-active, dynamic, activate, activa, vigorous, vibrant, energetic, working, enable, effective, activity, positively, check, activist, lively, enables, turns, actif, activities, vigorously

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How to use active in a sentence?

1. Ana Suda:

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2. Olivier Zarrouati:

   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.

3. Shashi Tharoor:

   He ... discovered his inner politician, he's active in parliament. He's more confident. His repartee shows he can think on his feet.

4. Howard Marks:

   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.

5. Alex Stamos:

   It's really exciting, i have to support this guy, someone who has been active in this world since he was a teenager.

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