DICTOMETER

ACTIVE

(active, activo, aktiv, virksom, energisk, livlig, rask)

1. Synonyms:
   • Active agent
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • chemical agent capable of activity
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Active voice
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
   Examples:
   • `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • a person who is a participating member of an organization
   Examples:
   • The club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • tending to become more severe or wider in scope
   Examples:
   • Active tuberculosis
   Antonyms:
   • INACTIVE
   • dead-end
   • flat
   • indolent
   • latent
   • quiescent
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Active
   • Combat-ready
   • Fighting
   Definitions:
   • engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
   Examples:
   • On active duty
   • The platoon is combat-ready
   • Review the fighting forces
   Antonyms:
   • Nonoperational
   • Inactive
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • disposed to take action or effectuate change
   Examples:
   • A director who takes an active interest in corporate operations
   • An active antagonism
   • He was active in drawing attention to their grievances
   Antonyms:
   • PASSIVE
   • hands-off
   • resistless, supine, unresisting
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Active
   • Participating
   Definitions:
   • taking part in an activity
   Examples:
   • An active member of the club
   • He was politically active
   • The participating organizations
   Antonyms:
   • Uninvolved
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • characterized by energetic activity
   Examples:
   • An active toddler
   • Active as a gazelle
   • An active man is a man of action
   Antonyms:
   • INACTIVE
   • desk-bound, deskbound
   • abeyant, dormant
   • hypoactive, underactive
   • inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
   • sedentary
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • exerting influence or producing a change or effect
   Examples:
   • An active ingredient
   Antonyms:
   • INACTIVE
   • quiescent
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
   Examples:
   • An active seaport
   • An active bond market
   • An active account
   Antonyms:
   • INACTIVE
   • dark
   • dead
   • dull, slow, sluggish
   • idle, unused
   • strikebound
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Active
   • Alive
   Definitions:
   • in operation
   Examples:
   • Keep hope alive
   • The tradition was still alive
   • An active tradition
   Antonyms:
   • Nonexistent
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Active
   Definitions:
   • (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
   Antonyms:
   • QUIET
   
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Active
    Definitions:
    • expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
    Examples:
    • Hemingway favors active constructions
    Antonyms:
    • PASSIVE
    
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Active
    • Dynamic
    Definitions:
    • (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
    Antonyms:
    • IVE
    
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Active
    Definitions:
    • (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
    Antonyms:
    • EXTINCT
    • dead
    
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Active
    Definitions:
    • (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
    Examples:
    • Active volcanos
    Antonyms:
    • DORMANT
    • quiescent
    
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Active
    Definitions:
    • engaged in full-time work
    Examples:
    • Active duty
    • Though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
    Antonyms:
    • INACTIVE
    • off
    • retired