Main entry: proactive
Definition: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
Usage: proactive inhibition; proactive interference
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: proactive
Definition: (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
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.