Dictionary Entry
operative
operative is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
- 2adjective
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
- 3adjective
Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
- 4noun
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
- 5noun
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
- 6noun
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
- 7adjective
being in force or having or exerting force
"operative regulations"
"the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
- 8adjective
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
"in running (or working) order"
"a functional set of brakes"
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- 9adjective
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
"a surgical appendix"
"a surgical procedure"
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- 10adjective
effective; producing a desired effect
"the operative word"
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