active

Adjective
  • Tending to become more severe or wider in scope (synset 300037570)
    domain category: pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
    similar: progressive - advancing in severity
  • Disposed to take action or effectuate change (synset 300038863)
    attribute: activeness, activity - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
    similar:
    • activist, activistic - advocating or engaged in activism
    • hands-on - involving active participation
    • proactive - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
  • Characterized by energetic activity (synset 300032087)
    also:
    • lively - full of life and energy
    • energetic - possessing or exerting or displaying energy
    attribute: activeness, activity - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
    similar:
  • Exerting influence or producing a change or effect (synset 300042677)
    similar:
    • activated - rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
    • counteractive - opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action
    • surface-active - capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents
  • Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity (synset 300035578)
    similar:
    • brisk - very active
    • bustling - full of energetic and noisy activity
    • busy - crowded with or characterized by much activity
    • going - in full operation
    • open - ready for business
    • springy - (of movements) light and confidently active
  • (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions (synset 300043630)
    domain category: astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
  • Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: (synset 300042258)
    domain category: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
  • (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being (synset 300041840)
    domain category: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    synonym: dynamic
  • (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting (synset 300041583)
    also: live - exerting force or containing energy
    similar: alive, live - capable of erupting
  • (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt (synset 300040548)
    attribute: action, activeness, activity - the state of being active
    domain category: vent, volcano - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
    similar: eruptive - actively spewing out lava
  • Engaged in full-time work (synset 300034823)
    similar: activated - (military) set up and placed on active assignment
Noun
  • Chemical agent capable of activity (synset 114800963)
    hypernym: chemical agent - an agent that produces chemical reactions
    synonym: active agent
  • The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb (synset 113825370)
    hypernym: voice - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
    synonym: active voice
  • A person who is a participating member of an organization (synset 109784323)
    hypernym: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
Adjective

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