Main entry: active, active voice
Definition: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
Usage: `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice
Antonyms: passive, passive voice
Definition: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
Main entry: active
Definition: characterized by energetic activity
Usage: an active toddler; active as a gazelle; an active man is a man of action
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not active physically or mentally
Antonyms: cold
Definition: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Antonyms: cold
Definition: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Main entry: active
Definition: engaged in full-time work
Usage: active duty; though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not engaged in full-time work
Main entry: active
Definition: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
Usage: an active seaport; an active bond market; an active account
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Definition: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
Definition: become closed
Antonyms: close
Definition: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
Antonyms: close
Definition: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
Antonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down, fold
Definition: cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Antonyms: unopen, shut, closed
Definition: not open
Antonyms: closed
Definition: not open or affording passage or access
Definition: used especially of mouth or eyes
Antonyms: closed
Definition: (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
Antonyms: idle
Definition: not in action or at work
Main entry: active
Definition: tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Usage: active tuberculosis
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Antonyms: regressive
Definition: opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
Antonyms: regressive
Definition: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
Main entry: active
Definition: disposed to take action or effectuate change
Usage: a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations; an active antagonism; he was active in drawing attention to their grievances
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Antonyms: retroactive
Definition: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Main entry: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
Usage: active volcanos
Main entry: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
Antonyms: extinct
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
Antonyms: dead
Definition: not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
Antonyms: recorded
Definition: set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction
Antonyms: dead
Definition: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Main entry: active, dynamic
Definition: (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: stative
Definition: ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
Main entry: active
Definition: expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
Antonyms: passive
Definition: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
Main entry: active
Definition: exerting influence or producing a change or effect
Usage: an active ingredient
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not exerting influence or change
Main entry: active
Definition: (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
Antonyms: quiet
Definition: of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
Main entry: active, alive
Definition: in operation
Usage: keep hope alive; the tradition was still alive; an active tradition
Antonyms: nonexistent
Definition: not having existence or being or actuality
Main entry: active, participating
Definition: taking part in an activity
Usage: an active member of the club; he was politically active; the participating organizations
Antonyms: uninvolved
Definition: not involved
Main entry: active, combat-ready, fighting
Definition: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
Usage: on active duty; the platoon is combat-ready; review the fighting forces
Antonyms: inactive, nonoperational
Definition: (military) not involved in military operations