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active - 18 definitions

- noun
1. active agent -- chemical agent capable of activity
synonyms: active agent
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. active voice -- 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
antonyms: passive voice -- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. active -- a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. active, actives -- a participating member of an organization
synonyms: actives
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
5. active -- tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis"
antonyms: inactive -- (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. active -- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
synonyms: combat-ready, fighting
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. active -- 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"
antonyms: passive -- lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. active -- taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"
synonyms: participating
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. active -- characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
antonyms: inactive -- not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. active -- exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient"
antonyms: inactive -- not exerting influence or change
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. active -- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
antonyms: inactive -- lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. active -- in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"
synonyms: alive
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
13. active -- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
antonyms: quiet -- of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
14. active -- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
antonyms: passive -- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
15. active -- (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
antonyms: stative -- ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
16. active -- (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
antonyms: extinct -- (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
17. active -- (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos"
antonyms: dormant -- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
18. active -- engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"
antonyms: inactive -- not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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Antonyms
passive voice -- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
inactive -- (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
passive -- lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
inactive -- not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
inactive -- not exerting influence or change
inactive -- lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
quiet -- of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
passive -- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"
stative -- ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
extinct -- (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
dormant -- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
inactive -- not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"

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