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active
Overview of noun active
The noun active has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (16) active agent, active -- (chemical agent capable of activity)
2. active voice, active -- (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")
3. active -- (a person devoted to the active life)
Overview of adj active
The adj active has 14 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (9) active -- (tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis")
2. (7) active, combat-ready, fighting -- (engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces")
3. (5) 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")
4. (4) active, participating -- (taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations")
5. (3) active -- (characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action")
6. (2) active -- (exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient")
7. (2) active -- (full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account")
8. (1) active, alive -- (in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition")
9. active -- (of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions)
10. active -- (expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions")
11. active, dynamic -- (expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water'))
12. active -- ((of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting)
13. active -- ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos")
14. active -- (engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun active
3 senses of active
Sense 1
active agent, active
=> chemical agent
=> agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
active voice, active
=> voice
=> grammatical relation
=> linguistic relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
active
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun active
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun active
3 senses of active
Sense 1
active agent, active
=> chemical agent
Sense 2
active voice, active
=> voice
Sense 3
active
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Antonyms of noun active
1 of 3 senses of active
Sense 3
active
Antonym of contemplative (Sense 1)
=>contemplative
Member Holonyms of noun active
Substance Holonyms of noun active
Part Holonyms of noun active
Member Meronyms of noun active
Substance Meronyms of noun active
Part Meronyms of noun active
Meronyms of noun active
Holonyms of noun active
Attributes of noun active
Derived Forms of noun active
Domain of noun active
Domain Terms of noun active
Familiarity of noun active
active used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun active
3 senses of active
Sense 1
active agent, active
> chemical agent
=> active agent, active
=> reagent
=> desiccant, drying agent, drier, sicative
=> oxidant, oxidizer, oxidiser, oxidizing agent
=> reducing agent, reducer, reductant
=> scavenger
=> wetting agent, wetter, surfactant, surface-active agent
=> vesicant, vesicatory
Sense 2
active voice, active
> voice
=> active voice, active
=> passive voice, passive
Sense 3
active
> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> self
=> adult, grownup
=> adventurer, venturer
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> applicant, applier
=> appointee, appointment
=> capitalist
=> captor, capturer
=> changer, modifier
=> color-blind person
=> commoner, common man, common person
=> communicator
=> contestant
=> coward
=> creator
=> disputant, controversialist, eristic
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> entertainer
=> experimenter
=> expert
=> face
=> female, female person
=> individualist
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
=> native, indigen, indigene
=> innocent, inexperienced person
=> intellectual, intellect
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> lover
=> leader
=> male, male person
=> money handler, money dealer
=> national, subject
=> nonreligious person
=> nonworker
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> percher
=> precursor, forerunner
=> primitive, primitive person
=> religious person
=> sensualist
=> traveler, traveller
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> unskilled person
=> worker
=> African
=> person of color, person of colour
=> Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
=> White, white person, Caucasian
=> Amerindian, Native American
=> Slav
=> gentile
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
=> Aries, Ram
=> Taurus, Bull
=> Gemini, Twin
=> Cancer, Crab
=> Leo, Lion
=> Virgo, Virgin
=> Libra, Balance
=> Scorpio, Scorpion
=> Sagittarius, Archer
=> Capricorn, Goat
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer
=> Pisces, Fish
=> abator
=> abjurer
=> abomination
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder
=> acquaintance, friend
=> acquirer
=> active
=> actor, doer, worker
=> adjudicator
=> admirer
=> adoptee
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
=> advisee
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> affiant
=> agnostic, doubter
=> amateur
=> ancient
=> anti
=> anti-American
=> apprehender
=> appreciator
=> archaist
=> arrogator
=> assessee
=> asthmatic
=> authority
=> autodidact
=> baby boomer, boomer
=> baby buster, buster
=> bad guy
=> bad person
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
=> bullfighter, toreador
=> bather
=> beard
=> bedfellow
=> bereaved, bereaved person
=> best, topper
=> biter
=> blogger
=> blond, blonde
=> bluecoat
=> bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
=> bomber
=> brunet, brunette
=> buster
=> candidate, prospect
=> cardholder
=> case
=> cashier
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
=> censor
=> chameleon
=> charmer, beguiler
=> child, baby
=> chutzpanik
=> closer
=> clumsy person
=> collector, aggregator
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
=> complexifier
=> compulsive
=> computer user
=> contemplative
=> convert
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
=> counter
=> counterterrorist
=> crawler, creeper
=> creature, wight
=> creditor
=> cripple
=> dancer, social dancer
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
=> deaf person
=> debaser, degrader
=> debtor, debitor
=> defecator, voider, shitter
=> delayer
=> deliverer
=> demander
=> dieter
=> differentiator, discriminator
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> divider
=> domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
=> double, image, look-alike
=> dresser
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
=> dyslectic
=> ectomorph
=> effecter, effector
=> Elizabethan
=> emotional person
=> endomorph
=> enjoyer
=> enrollee
=> ethnic
=> explorer, adventurer
=> extrovert, extravert
=> faddist
=> faller
=> fastener
=> fiduciary
=> first-rater
=> follower
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
=> friend
=> fugitive, runaway, fleer
=> gainer
=> gainer, weight gainer
=> gambler
=> gatekeeper
=> gatherer
=> good guy
=> good person
=> granter
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer
=> grinner
=> groaner
=> grunter
=> guesser
=> handicapped person
=> hater
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
=> homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
=> homunculus
=> hope
=> hoper
=> huddler
=> hugger
=> immune
=> insured, insured person
=> interpreter
=> introvert
=> Jat
=> jewel, gem
=> jumper
=> killer, slayer
=> relative, relation
=> kink
=> kneeler
=> knocker
=> knower, apprehender
=> large person
=> Latin
=> laugher
=> learner, scholar, assimilator
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw
=> life
=> lightning rod
=> linguist, polyglot
=> literate, literate person
=> liver
=> longer, thirster, yearner
=> loose cannon
=> machine
=> mailer
=> malcontent
=> man
=> manipulator
=> man jack
=> married
=> masturbator, onanist
=> measurer
=> nonmember
=> mesomorph
=> mestizo, ladino
=> middlebrow
=> miracle man, miracle worker
=> misogamist
=> mixed-blood
=> modern
=> monolingual
=> mother hen
=> mouse
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler
=> namer
=> namesake
=> neglecter
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> neutral
=> nondescript
=> nonparticipant
=> nonpartisan, nonpartizan
=> nonperson, unperson
=> nonresident
=> nonsmoker
=> nude, nude person
=> nurser
=> occultist
=> optimist
=> orphan
=> ostrich
=> ouster, ejector
=> outcaste
=> outdoorsman
=> owner, possessor
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
=> pansexual
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser
=> partner
=> party
=> passer
=> personage
=> personification
=> perspirer, sweater
=> philosopher
=> picker, chooser, selector
=> pisser, urinator
=> planner, contriver, deviser
=> posturer
=> powderer
=> preserver
=> propositus
=> public relations person
=> pursuer
=> pussycat
=> quarter
=> quitter
=> radical
=> realist
=> rectifier
=> redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
=> registrant
=> reliever, allayer, comforter
=> repeater
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver
=> rester
=> restrainer, controller
=> revenant
=> rich person, wealthy person, have
=> right-hander, right hander, righthander
=> riser
=> romper
=> roundhead
=> ruler, swayer
=> rusher
=> scientist, man of science
=> scratcher
=> second-rater, mediocrity
=> seeder, cloud seeder
=> seeker, searcher, quester
=> segregate
=> sentimentalist, romanticist
=> sex object
=> shaker, mover and shaker
=> showman
=> signer, signatory
=> simpleton, simple
=> six-footer
=> skidder, slider, slipper
=> slave
=> slave
=> sleepyhead
=> sloucher
=> small person
=> smasher
=> smiler
=> sneezer
=> sniffer
=> sniffler, sniveler
=> snuffer
=> snuffler
=> socializer, socialiser
=> sort
=> sounding board
=> sphinx
=> spitter, expectorator
=> sport
=> sprawler
=> spurner
=> squinter, squint-eye
=> stifler, smotherer
=> stigmatic, stigmatist
=> stooper
=> struggler
=> subject, case, guinea pig
=> supernumerary
=> surrenderer, yielder
=> survivalist
=> survivor
=> suspect
=> tagger
=> tagger
=> tapper
=> tempter
=> termer
=> terror, scourge, threat
=> testator, testate
=> thin person, skin and bones, scrag
=> third-rater
=> thrower
=> tiger
=> totemist
=> toucher
=> transfer, transferee
=> transsexual, transexual
=> transvestite, cross-dresser
=> trier, attempter, essayer
=> turner
=> tyrant
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
=> user
=> vanisher
=> victim, dupe
=> Victorian
=> visionary
=> visually impaired person
=> waiter
=> waker
=> walk-in
=> wanter, needer
=> ward
=> warrior
=> watcher
=> weakling, doormat, wuss
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
=> winker
=> withholder
=> witness
=> worldling
=> yawner
Meronyms of noun active
3 senses of active
Sense 3
active
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun active
Grep of noun active
active
active agent
active air defense
active application
active birth
active citizen
active immunity
active matrix screen
active placebo
active site
active transport
active trust
active voice
activeness
activewear
highly active antiretroviral therapy
surface-active agent
Grep of verb active
be active
Antonyms of adj active
14 senses of active
Sense 1
active (vs. inactive)
inactive (vs. active)
=> arrested, in remission
=> dead-end
=> flat
=> indolent
=> latent
=> quiescent
Sense 2
active, combat-ready, fighting(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA operational) -> nonoperational, inactive
Sense 3
active (vs. passive)
passive (vs. active), inactive
=> hands-off
=> resistless, supine, unresisting
Sense 4
active, participating
INDIRECT (VIA involved) -> uninvolved
Sense 5
active (vs. inactive)
inactive (vs. active)
=> desk-bound, deskbound
=> dormant
=> hypoactive, underactive
=> inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
=> sedentary
Sense 6
active (vs. inactive)
inactive (vs. active)
=> quiescent
Sense 7
active (vs. inactive)
inactive (vs. active)
=> dark
=> dead
=> dull, slow, sluggish
=> idle, unused
=> strikebound
Sense 8
active, alive(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA existent) -> nonexistent
Sense 9
active (vs. quiet)
quiet (vs. active)
Sense 10
active (vs. passive)
passive (vs. active)
Sense 11
active (vs. stative), dynamic
stative (vs. active)
Sense 12
active (vs. extinct)
extinct (vs. active)
=> dead
Sense 13
active (vs. dormant)
dormant (vs. active), inactive
=> quiescent
Sense 14
active (vs. inactive)
inactive (vs. active)
=> off
=> on leave
=> retired
Similarity of adj active
14 senses of active
Sense 1
active (vs. inactive)
=> progressive
Sense 2
active, combat-ready, fighting(prenominal)
=> operational (vs. nonoperational)
Sense 3
active (vs. passive)
=> activist, activistic
=> hands-on
=> proactive
Sense 4
active, participating
=> involved (vs. uninvolved)
Sense 5
active (vs. inactive)
=> about(predicate), astir(predicate)
=> acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic
=> agile, nimble, quick, spry
=> hot
=> hyperactive, overactive
=> lively
=> on the go(predicate)
=> sporty
Also See> energetic#1; lively#1
Sense 6
active (vs. inactive)
=> activated
=> counteractive
=> surface-active
Sense 7
active (vs. inactive)
=> brisk
=> bustling
=> busy
=> going(prenominal)
=> open
=> springy
Sense 8
active, alive(predicate)
=> existent (vs. nonexistent), existing
Sense 9
active (vs. quiet)
Sense 10
active (vs. passive)
Sense 11
active (vs. stative), dynamic
Sense 12
active (vs. extinct)
=> alive, live
Also See> live#2
Sense 13
active (vs. dormant)
=> eruptive
Sense 14
active (vs. inactive)
=> activated
Pertainyms of adj active
Attributes of adj active
3 of 14 senses of active
Sense 3
active (vs. passive)
=> activeness, activity
Sense 5
active (vs. inactive)
=> activeness, activity
Sense 13
active (vs. dormant)
=> action, activity, activeness
Domain of adj active
7 of 14 senses of active
Sense 1
active (vs. inactive)
TOPIC>(noun) pathology#1
Sense 2
active, combat-ready, fighting(prenominal)
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Sense 9
active (vs. quiet)
TOPIC>(noun) astronomy#1, uranology#1
Sense 10
active (vs. passive)
TOPIC>(noun) grammar#1
Sense 11
active (vs. stative), dynamic
TOPIC>(noun) grammar#1
Sense 13
active (vs. dormant)
TOPIC>(noun) vent#3, volcano#1
Sense 14
active (vs. inactive)
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of adj active
Familiarity of adj active
active used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =14)
Grep of adj active
abstractive
active
attractive
calefactive
chylifactive
counteractive
detractive
hyperactive
hypoactive
inactive
interactive
nonpsychoactive
nonradioactive
olfactive
overactive
proactive
psychoactive
putrefactive
radioactive
reactive
refractive
retroactive
sexually attractive
subtractive
surface-active
tractive
unattractive
underactive
unreactive
Grep of adv active
actively
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