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- pronunciation:
- aek
tihv
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
constantly doing something; busy; energetic.
She's getting old now, but she's very active.He does a lot of volunteer work and is very active in the community.- synonyms:
- busy, dynamic, energetic, engaged, lively, restless, stirring, vigorous
- antonyms:
- idle, inactive, lazy, listless, sedentary, torpid
- similar words:
- alive, animated, bustling, driving, enterprising, frisky, indefatigable, industrious, peppy, sprightly, strenuous, tireless, vibrant, zealous
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| definition 2: |
capable of constant or quick movement.
A squirrel's tail is as active as its body.- synonyms:
- agile, brisk, energetic, fleet, lively, nimble, quick, spry, swift, tireless, vigorous, volant
- antonyms:
- inert, stock-still
- similar words:
- alert, indefatigable, robust, speedy, sprightly, zippy
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| definition 3: |
currently operating, in process, or in effect.
She is no longer an active member of the committee.Is your library card still active?He hasn't been active in politics for over a decade.- synonyms:
- alive, effective, functioning, operative, running, working
- antonyms:
- asleep, dormant, inactive, passive, quiescent, torpid
- similar words:
- dynamic, effectual, fertile, in effect, live, living, ongoing, productive, reactive
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| definition 4: |
having effect or able to produce effect, as a chemical.
Menthol is on the list of active ingredients for this medication.- synonyms:
- effective, potent
- antonyms:
- inactive, inert
- similar words:
- causative, efficacious, forceful, influential, operative, powerful, puissant, strong
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| definition 5: |
in grammar, designating the voice or form of a verb whose subject acts through the verb, rather than being the object of the verb's action, such as "signed" in "Five petitioners signed the document". (Cf. passive.)
In the sentence "The government passed a new law," the verb "passed" is in its active form.In the sentence "A new law was passed by the government," the verb is not active but passive.- antonyms:
- passive
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| definition 6: |
engaging in activity rather than relaxing, sleeping, or being dormant.
Raccoons are active at night.Mauna Kea is an active volcano. |
| definition 7: |
giving off large quantities of electromagnetic energy.
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| related words: |
athletic, brisk, effective, efficient, live, motive, moving, quick, restless, spirited, spry, vigorous, vital, working |
adverb + (adj.)active
biologically, economically, extremely, geologically, mentally, moderately, physically, politically, sexually, socially
(adj.)active
+ noun
adolescent,
avoidance,
citizenry,
citizenship,
collaboration,
composting,
compound,
cooperation,
coping,
desktop,
diplomacy,
duty,
encouragement,
engagement,
enzyme,
euthanasia,
galaxy,
hostility,
imagination,
ingredient,
intervention,
involvement,
learner,
learning,
lifestyle,
listener,
listening,
matrix,
member,
membership,
military,
ministry,
minute,
nucleus,
parish,
participant,
participation,
personnel,
placebo,
politics,
promotion,
pursuit,
recruitment,
role,
roster,
smoker,
streak,
surveillance,
suspension,
teen,
trader,
tuberculosis,
user,
verb,
vibration,
volcano,
volunteer,
yeast
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
in grammar, the active voice, or a verb in this voice.
For this sentence, it would be best to use the active rather than the passive.- antonyms:
- passive
- similar words:
- voice
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adjective + (n.)active
engineered, enteric, foremost, incompatible, ineffective, natural, passive, pristine, superb, therapeutic, various
verb + (n.)active
absorb, control, must, stabilize
noun + (n.)active
absorption, admixture, campesino, compatibility, fallout, gum, list, percent, release, sunscreen, tablet, usefulness, variant, want
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| derivations: |
actively (adv.), activeness (n.) |
The word active
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, reagent, retroactive, transact, transaction
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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