active

active has 28 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• a.. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
• a.. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
• a.. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
• a.. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
• a.. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
• a.. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
• a.. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
• a.. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
• a.. Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
• a.. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
• a.. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
• n.. a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"