| Main Entry: |
passive |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
lifeless, inactive |
Synonyms: |
acquiescent,
apathetic, asleep,
bearing,
compliant,
cool,
docile,
enduring,
flat, forbearing, going through motions, hands off,
idle,
indifferent,
inert,
laid-back*,
latent, long-suffering, moony,
motionless, nonresistant, nonviolent,
patient,
phlegmatic, poker-faced,
quiescent,
quiet,
receptive,
resigned,
sleepy,
static,
stolid,
submissive, tractable, unassertive, unflappable, uninvolved, unresisting, walking through it,
yielding
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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: |
active, dynamic, lively
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