active
Meaning of active
- engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.
although he was seventy he was still robust and active
- pursuing an occupation or activity at a particular place or in a particular way.
the artist was active in the 1920s
tigers are active mainly at night
a politically active student body
sexually active teenagers
- (of a thing) working; operative.
the old watermill was active until 1960
- denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject is typically the person or thing performing the action and which can take a direct object (e.g. she loved him as opposed to the passive form he was loved ).
noun
an active form of a verb.
Middle English (in the sense ‘preferring action to contemplation’): from Latin activus, from act- ‘done’, from the verb agere .
Information about active
CatalanHyphenation of active
ac-tive
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- active is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
active synonyms
Meaning combat-ready:
Meaning participating:
Meaning alive:
Meaning dynamic:
Meaning able to move or be moved freely or easily:
Meaning showing or involving great activity or vitality:
Meaning able to move quickly and easily:
Meaning fond of or good at sport:
Meaning quick and light in movement or action; agile:
Meaning strong, healthy, and full of energy:
Meaning full of energy; lively:
Meaning (especially of an old person) lively; full of energy:
Meaning (especially of an old person) active; lively:
Meaning full of life and energy; active and outgoing:
Meaning full of life or excitement; lively:
Meaning bouncing or causing things to bounce:
Meaning containing bubbles:
Meaning cheerful and lively:
Meaning playful and full of energy:
Meaning characterized by great enthusiasm and energy:
Meaning full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination:
Meaning (of a time or place) full of activity:
Meaning (of a place) full of activity:
Meaning (of a building, seat, etc.) being used by someone:
Meaning difficult to understand; complicated:
Meaning lively and high-spirited:
Meaning bright, fresh, or lively:
Meaning functioning or having effect:
Meaning functioning or able to function:
Meaning work or operate in a proper or particular way:
Meaning of or having a special activity, purpose, or task:
Meaning (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):
Meaning in or ready for use:
Meaning remain alive:
Meaning successful in producing a desired or intended result:
Meaning (of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective:
Meaning having great power or strength:
Meaning having great power, influence, or effect:
active antonyms
Meaning (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm:
Meaning not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity:
Meaning lacking the ability or strength to move:
Translation of active
- French: actif, participant, dynamique
- Italian: attivo, partecipante, dinamico
- Spanish: activo, activa, participante, opéracional, dinámico, dinámica
- German: aktiv
- Portuguese: activo, participante, dinâmico
Anagrams of active
Words that rhyme with active
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