Synonyms for active
ˈæk tɪvac·tive

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1. activeadjective

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

2. activeadjective

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

3. activeadjective

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

4. activenoun

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

5. activeadjective

   Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; 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. activeadjective

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

7. activeadjective

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

8. activeadjective

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

9. activeadjective

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

10. activeadjective

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

11. activeadjective

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

12. activeadjective

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

13. activeadjective

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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. active

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

   Antonyms:
   slow, inactive, indolent, sluggish, heavy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. active agent, activenoun

   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, activenoun

   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. activeadjective

   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. activeadjective

   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)adjective

   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. activeadjective

   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, participatingadjective

   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. activeadjective

   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. activeadjective

   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. activeadjective

    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)adjective

    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. activeadjective

    (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. activeadjective

    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, dynamicadjective

    (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. activeadjective

    (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. activeadjective

    (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. activeadjective

    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

Matched Categories

1. • Astronomy
   • Pathology
   • Voice
   • Volcano

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hyper

   Submitted by christiand.08029 on May 16, 2023  

2. 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  

3. round character

   they have a lot of things to do

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. activeadjective

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

2. activeadjective

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

3. activeadjective

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

4. activeadjective

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

5. activeadjective

   Synonyms:
   drastic (as medicine), powerful, efficacious

6. activeadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) transitive

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. activeadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   inactive, passive, latent, quiescent, sedentary

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Eman Joharjy:

   Women feel encouraged by the government support. They are telling them, 'You can go run and play sports', but let's change from a sedentary society to a more active one.

2. Sheriff Wayne Ivey:

   This case is a perfect example of what is wrong with our criminal justice system, when a registered career criminal with 23 felony charges, 17 misdemeanor charges, multiple convictions for violent offenses and two active and pending drug trafficking cases is out on our streets where he can attempt to kill our deputies and put other lives at risk, something is wrong with our system.

3. Peter Katzmarzyk:

   The results show that even after Mark Hamer account for the physical activity levels of these people, the amount of time that is spent being sedentary is positively associated with diabetes risk, even in people who are physically active, the level of sedentary behavior is an important behavior to modify.

4. Kimberly Anderson:

   It wasn’t weird to me that she would have bruising; she is an active child, always on her bike or wanting to be outside.

5. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   We have started to see the active use of incentives, because the American Rescue Plan Act has freed up money to do that, more things for kids and teens are being offered, like college scholarships, for example, or iPads, or computer equipment -- more student-oriented types of incentives.