Main entry: open, open up
Definition: cause to open or to become open
Usage: Mary opened the car door
Main entry: open, open up
Definition: become open
Usage: The door opened
Main entry: open
Definition: display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
Antonyms: close
Definition: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
Main entry: open
Definition: begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
Usage: He opened the meeting with a long speech
Antonyms: close
Definition: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
Main entry: open, open up
Definition: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
Usage: open a business
Antonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down, fold
Definition: cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Main entry: spread, spread out, unfold, open
Definition: spread out or open from a closed or folded state
Usage: open the map; spread your arms
Main entry: open, unfastened
Definition: affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
Usage: an open door; they left the door open
Main entry: open
Definition: affording free passage or access
Usage: open drains; the road is open to traffic; open ranks
Antonyms: closed
Definition: not open or affording passage or access
Main entry: open, opened
Definition: used of mouth or eyes
Usage: keep your eyes open; his mouth slightly opened
Definition: used especially of mouth or eyes
Antonyms: narrow
Definition: not wide
Antonyms: narrow
Definition: very limited in degree
Main entry: open
Definition: (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
Antonyms: closed
Definition: (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
Main entry: receptive, open
Definition: ready or willing to receive favorably
Usage: receptive to the proposals
Antonyms: unreceptive
Definition: not receptive
Antonyms: rejective
Definition: rejecting or tending to reject
Antonyms: inhospitable
Definition: unfavorable to life or growth
Antonyms: inhospitable
Definition: not hospitable
Main entry: open, overt
Definition: open and observable; not secret or hidden
Usage: an overt lie; overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering; open ballots
Antonyms: covert
Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Antonyms: cooked
Definition: having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
Antonyms: unseeable, invisible
Definition: impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
Main entry: open
Definition: open to or in view of all
Usage: an open protest; an open letter to the editor
Antonyms: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Main entry: open
Definition: ready for business
Usage: the stores are open
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not active physically or mentally
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not engaged in full-time work
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Antonyms: extinct
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
Antonyms: stative
Definition: ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
Antonyms: passive
Definition: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not exerting influence or change
Antonyms: quiet
Definition: of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
Main entry: heart-to-heart, candid, open
Definition: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
Usage: his candid eyes; an open and trusting nature; a heart-to-heart talk
Antonyms: artful
Definition: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Antonyms: artful, disingenuous
Definition: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Main entry: open
Definition: not having been filled
Usage: the job is still open
Antonyms: unavailable
Definition: not available or accessible or at hand
Main entry: open
Definition: accessible to all
Usage: open season; an open economy
Antonyms: restricted
Definition: subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
Main entry: unresolved, open, undecided, undetermined
Definition: not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
Usage: an open question; our position on this bill is still undecided; our lawsuit is still undetermined
Antonyms: settled
Definition: established in a desired position or place; not moving about
Antonyms: settled
Definition: established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
Main entry: open
Definition: without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
Usage: the clarity and resonance of an open tone; her natural and open response
Antonyms: constricted
Definition: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
Main entry: clear, open
Definition: affording free passage or view
Usage: a clear view; a clear path to victory; open waters; the open countryside
Antonyms: obstructed
Definition: shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
Main entry: open
Definition: having no protecting cover or enclosure
Usage: an open boat; an open fire; open sports cars
Antonyms: enclosed
Definition: closed in or surrounded or included within
Main entry: exposed, open
Definition: with no protection or shield
Usage: the exposed northeast frontier; open to the weather; an open wound
Antonyms: protected
Definition: kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss
Main entry: open, loose
Definition: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
Usage: an open texture; a loose weave
Antonyms: fine
Definition: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Main entry: open, opened
Definition: not sealed or having been unsealed
Usage: the letter was already open; the opened package lay on the table
Antonyms: sealed
Definition: closed or secured with or as if with a seal
Definition: established irrevocably
Main entry: assailable, open, undefendable, undefended
Definition: not defended or capable of being defended
Usage: an open city; open to attack
Antonyms: invulnerable
Definition: immune to attack; impregnable
Main entry: subject, capable, open
Definition: possibly accepting or permitting
Usage: a passage capable of misinterpretation; open to interpretation; an issue open to question; the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
Antonyms: unsusceptible, insusceptible
Definition: not susceptible to
Main entry: open
Definition: not requiring union membership
Usage: an open shop employs nonunion workers
Antonyms: union
Definition: of trade unions