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- pronunciation:
- aek
tihv
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
always doing something; busy; full of energy.
My grandmother is very active even though she is old.- synonyms:
- busy, dynamic, energetic, restless
- antonyms:
- idle, lazy
- similar words:
- alive, animated, bustling, driving, enterprising, industrious
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| definition 2: |
doing something or able to do something; working; functioning.
Is your library card still active?- synonyms:
- alive, effective, functioning, working
- antonyms:
- dormant
- similar words:
- dynamic, fertile, in effect, living, ongoing, productive
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| definition 3: |
engaging in activity rather than relaxing, sleeping, or being dormant.
Raccoons are active at night.Mauna Kea in Hawaii is an active volcano. |
| definition 4: |
of a star, giving off large quantities of energy.
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| related words: |
athletic, brisk, effective, moving, quick, spry, vital, working |
| derivations: |
actively (adv.), activeness (n.) |
The word active
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, transaction
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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