| Main Entry: | going |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active |
Synonyms: |
alive, astir, at work, bustling, effective, efficacious, exertive, flowing, functioning, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, mobile, movable, moving, operating, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, restless, rolling, running, rushing, rust |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | dying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | failing, expiring |
Synonyms: |
at death's door, at end of rope, decaying, declining, disintegrating, done for, doomed, ebbing, fading, fated, final, giving up the ghost, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, on last leg, one foot in grave, passing, perishing, sinking, vanishing, withering |
Antonyms: |
creating, developing, growing, living, reviving |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unalterable, definite |
Synonyms: |
abiding, adamant, bent, bound, consistent, constant, dead set on, determined, enduring, established, exact, explicit, fixed, flat, going, hang tough, inflexible, intent, never-failing, obdurate, persevering, persistent, prevailing, resolute, resolved, set, settled, specific, stable, stand pat, stated, staunch, steadfast, steady, stipulated, strict, strong, sure, tenacious, true, unbending, unchangeable, undeviating, unflinching, unqualified, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
alterable, changeable, indefinite, irresolute |
| Main Entry: | fixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repaired |
Synonyms: |
back together, going, in order, in working order, mended, put right, rebuilt, refitted, sorted, whole |
Antonyms: |
broken, in disrepair, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | gainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very productive, profitable |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, going, going concern, good, in the black, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, paid off, paying, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*, useful, well-paying, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, unproductive, unprofitable, useless |
| Main Entry: | moneymaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | producing profit |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, gainful, going, good, lucrative, paying, profitable, remunerative, successful, thriving, well-paying |
Antonyms: |
unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | moribund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dying |
Synonyms: |
at death's door, at the end of the rope, declining, done for, doomed, expiring, fading, fated, going, mortal, mortally ill, on one's deathbed, on one's last leg, one foot in the grave, passing, perishing |
| Main Entry: | moving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mobile |
Synonyms: |
advancing, changing, climbing, evolving, flying, going, jumping, motile, movable, nomadic, portable, progressing, roaming, roving, running, shifting, traversing, unfixed, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, walking |
Antonyms: |
fixed, immobile, permanent, stationary, unmoving |
| Main Entry: | profitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous; money-making |
Synonyms: |
assisting, beneficial, commercial, conducive, contributive, cost-effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, going, good, in the black, instrumental, lucrative, paid off, paying, paying well, practical, pragmatic, productive, remunerative, rewarding, self-sustaining, serviceable, successful, sustaining, sweet*, useful, valuable, well-paying, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, unprofitable |