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6-letter words (1 found)

ACTIVE,

5-letter words (5 found)

CAVIE,CIVET,EVICT,VATIC,VITAE,

4-letter words (11 found)

CATE,CAVE,CITE,CIVE,ETIC,TACE,TICE,VIAE,VICE,VITA,VITE,

3-letter words (24 found)

ACE,ACT,AIT,ATE,AVE,CAT,CIT,EAT,ETA,ICE,ITA,TAE,TAI,TAV,TEA,TEC,TIC,TIE,VAC,VAE,VAT,VET,VIA,VIE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AI,AT,EA,ET,IT,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from active according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of active

active

Etymology

From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin activus, from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

Morphologically act +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.tɪv/
  • Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

active (comparative more active, superlative most active)

  1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
    Synonym: acting
    Antonym: passive
  2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
    Synonyms: agile, nimble
    Antonyms: passive, indolent, still
  3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
    Synonyms: in action, working, in force
    Antonyms: quiescent, dormant, extinct
    1. (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
  4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
    Synonyms: busy, deedful, diligent, energetic
    Antonyms: dull, sluggish, indolent, inert
  5. Requiring or implying action or exertion
    Synonym: operative
    Antonyms: passive, tranquil, sedentary
  6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
    Antonyms: theoretical, speculative
  7. Brisk; lively.
  8. Implying or producing rapid action.
    Antonyms: passive, slow
  9. (heading, grammar) About verbs.
    1. Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
    2. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
    3. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
  10. (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
  11. (electronics) Not passive.
  12. (gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
    Synonym: top
    Antonyms: passive, bottom

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:active

Derived terms

Related terms

  • act

Descendants

  • Albanian: aktiv

Translations

See also

  • versatile (in relation to sense 10)

Noun

active (plural actives)

  1. A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
  2. (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).

Further reading

  • “active”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “active”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Cavite

Asturian

Verb

active

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of activar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of activar

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

active

  1. feminine singular of actif

Verb

active

  1. inflection of activer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • cavité

Galician

Verb

active

  1. inflection of activar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

Alternative forms

  • aktive

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin āctīvē.

Adverb

active

  1. (grammar, obsolete) actively

Etymology 2

Adjective

active

  1. inflection of activ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

active (not comparable)

  1. active

Related terms

  • action
  • activitate

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

āctīvē (comparative āctīvius, superlative āctīvissimē)

  1. (grammar) actively

Etymology 2

Adjective

āctīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of āctīvus

References

  • “active”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • active in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Adjective

active

  1. Alternative form of actyf

Noun

active

  1. Alternative form of actyf

Portuguese

Verb

active

  1. inflection of activar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [akˈti.ve]

Adjective

active

  1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of activ

Spanish

Verb

active

  1. inflection of activar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org