Synonyms: active
Definition: a person who is a participating member of an organization
Usage: the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: voice
Definition: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
Synonyms: active, active agent
Definition: chemical agent capable of activity
Similar words: chemical agent
Definition: an agent that produces chemical reactions
Synonyms: active
Definition: characterized by energetic activity
Usage: an active toddler; active as a gazelle; an active man is a man of action
Definition: on the move
Usage: up and about; the whole town was astir over the incident
Similar words: athletic, acrobatic, gymnastic
Definition: vigorously active
Usage: an acrobatic dance; an athletic child; athletic playing; gymnastic exercises
Similar words: agile, spry, quick, nimble
Definition: moving quickly and lightly
Usage: sleek and agile as a gymnast; as nimble as a deer; nimble fingers; quick of foot; the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
Similar words: hot
Definition: marked by excited activity
Usage: a hot week on the stock market
Similar words: hyperactive, overactive
Definition: more active than normal
Usage: a hyperactive child
Similar words: on the go
Definition: (of a person) very busy and active
Usage: is always on the go
Similar words: sporty
Definition: appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport
Synonyms: active
Definition: engaged in full-time work
Usage: active duty; though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
Similar words: activated
Definition: (military) set up and placed on active assignment
Usage: a newly activated unit
Synonyms: active
Definition: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
Usage: an active seaport; an active bond market; an active account
Similar words: brisk
Definition: very active
Usage: doing a brisk business
Similar words: bustling
Definition: full of energetic and noisy activity
Usage: a bustling city
Similar words: busy
Definition: crowded with or characterized by much activity
Usage: a very busy week; a busy life; a busy street; a busy seaport
Similar words: going
Definition: in full operation
Usage: a going concern
Similar words: open
Definition: ready for business
Usage: the stores are open
Similar words: springy
Definition: (of movements) light and confidently active
Usage: he walked away with a springy step
Synonyms: active
Definition: tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Usage: active tuberculosis
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: activist, activistic
Definition: advocating or engaged in activism
Similar words: hands-on
Definition: involving active participation
Usage: he's a hands-on manager; hands-on operations
Similar words: 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
Synonyms: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
Usage: active volcanos
Similar words: eruptive
Definition: actively spewing out lava
Usage: a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring
Synonyms: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
Definition: capable of erupting
Usage: a live volcano; the volcano is very much alive
Synonyms: active
Definition: exerting influence or producing a change or effect
Usage: an active ingredient
Similar words: activated
Definition: rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
Similar words: counteractive
Definition: opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action
Similar words: surface-active
Definition: capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents
Definition: in operation
Usage: keep hope alive; the tradition was still alive; an active tradition
Similar words: existent, existing
Definition: having existence or being or actuality
Usage: an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient; much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran
Synonyms: active, participating
Definition: taking part in an activity
Usage: an active member of the club; he was politically active; the participating organizations
Similar words: involved
Definition: connected by participation or association or use
Usage: we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved; the problems involved; the involved muscles; I don't want to get involved; everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: operational
Definition: (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations