| Main Entry: |
active |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
having movement |
Synonyms: |
alive, astir, at work, bustling,
effective,
efficacious, exertive,
flowing,
functioning,
going,
hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process,
mobile, movable,
moving, operating,
operative,
progressive,
pushing,
rapid,
restless, rolling,
running, rushing, rustling, shifting, simmering, speeding,
speedy, streaming, swarming,
traveling, turning,
walking,
working
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| Notes: |
active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
Antonyms: |
abeyant, dormant, immobile, inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish
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