Synonyms for activity
ækˈtɪv ɪ tiac·tiv·i·ty

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1. activitynoun

   Antonyms:
   passivity, rest

2. activitynoun

   Pit row was abuzz with activity.

   Antonyms:
   rest, passivity

3. activitynoun

   The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.

   Antonyms:
   rest, passivity

4. activitynoun

   Quilting can be a fun activity.

   Antonyms:
   passivity, rest

5. activitynoun

   Antonyms:
   rest, passivity

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1. activity

   Exercise, in the ordinary sense, is the easy natural action of any power; exertion is the putting of any power to strain and tax. An exercise-drive for a horse is so much as will develop strength and health and not appreciably weary. But by qualifying adjectives we may bring exercise up to the full sense of exertion; as, violent exercise. Exercise is action taken at any time with a view to employing, maintaining, or increasing power, or merely for enjoyment; practise is systematic exercise with a view to the acquirement of facility and skill in some pursuit; a person takes a walk for exercise, or takes time for practise on the piano. Practise is also used of putting into action and effect what one has learned or holds as a theory; as, the practise of law or medicine; a profession of religion is good, but the practise of it is better. Drill is systematic, rigorous, and commonly enforced practise under a teacher or commander. Compare HABIT.

   Synonyms:
   act, action, application, drill, employment, exercise, exertion, occupation, operation, performance, practise, use

   Antonyms:
   idleness, inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest

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1. activity

   Synonyms:
   agility, quickness, energy, briskness, vivacity, promptness, alertness, celerity, rapidity

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, awkwardness, indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, heaviness, sluggishness, lassitude

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. activitynoun

   any specific behavior

   "they avoided all recreational activity"

   Synonyms:
   natural process, bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, bodily process, body process

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inaction, inactiveness

2. action, activity, activenessnoun

   the state of being active

   "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, legal action, bodily process, military action, action mechanism, body process, action at law

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

3. bodily process, body process, bodily function, activitynoun

   an organic process that takes place in the body

   "respiratory activity"

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, bodily process, body process

   Antonyms:
   inactiveness, inaction, inactivity

4. activitynoun

   (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

   "catalytic activity"

   Synonyms:
   natural process, bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, bodily process, body process

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

5. natural process, natural action, action, activitynoun

   a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

   "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, legal action, bodily process, military action, action mechanism, body process, action at law

   Antonyms:
   inaction, inactivity, inactiveness

6. activeness, activitynoun

   the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

   "the level of activity declines with age"

   Synonyms:
   bodily function, action, activeness, natural action, natural process, bodily process, body process

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inaction

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Capability
   • Chemistry
   • State
   • Trait

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. activitynoun

   Synonyms:
   action, exercise

2. activitynoun

   Synonyms:
   alertness, agility, nimbleness, smartness, briskness, sprightliness, spryness

3. activitynoun

   Synonyms:
   intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor

4. activitynoun

   Synonyms:
   enterprise, efficiency

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1. activitynoun

   Synonyms:
   operation, action, liveliness, briskness, agility, sprightliness, strenuousness

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, passiveness, quiescence

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1. List of paraphrases for "activity":

   activities, business, event, work, potency, 'activité, action, activité, operation, operations, active, events, exercise

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1. John W. Gardner:

   The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exaulted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy...neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

2. Del Gobbo:

   A key finding is that physical activity among older adults does not have to be strenuous to reduce heart failure risk, we saw benefits for adults who walked at moderate or brisk pace( more than 2 or 3 miles per hour) and burned calories through leisure activity, like house or yard work, walking, engaging in outdoor activities, or other forms of physical activity, equivalent to about 30 minutes per day of moderate-intensity activity.

3. John W. Gardner:

   The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy...neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

4. Vonda Wright:

   While high-intensity exercise has been found to reap great training advantages, we do not recommend that Masters athletes or Masters-age people go from sedentary activity to intense activity immediately, we recommend Masters athletes progress toward high-intensity activity using speed-play techniques such as the running fartlek – mixing sprints or faster runs into long-distance runs.

5. Patrick Schorn:

   The latest leg down in activity has led us to again evaluate our staffing levels against expected activity. Following which, we will further right-size the organization based on the activity outlook for 2016, it has become clear that any recovery in activity has been pushed out in time.