Synonyms for active
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Spry — quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble
spry, vigorous, agile, nimble, lively, brisk, spirited, vivacious, quick, alert, sprightly, keen, hearty, living, ready, efficient, wide-awake, smart, expeditious, supple, light, animated
2. Busy — given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
busy, energetic, diligent, live, industrious, strong, effective, enthusiastic, bustling, vibrant, powerful, vivid, potent, assiduous, strenuous, efficacious formal, enterprising, frisky, impetuous, kinetic, sedulous rare, deedful dated
4. Combat-ready
Definitions
- adj. 1
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
an active child or animal
- adj. 2
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- adj. 3
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
an active man of business
- adj. 4
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
certain active principles
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Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- spirited She chose the most spirited horse in the stable.
- vigorous The vigorous man is engaged in diverse activities.
- vivacious Mary was very vivacious and easy to talk to.
- spry Tom and Mary aren't as spry as they used to be.
- busy This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
- energetic Gamma rays are composed of very energetic photons.
By length
- 4 letters
- live1, busy2, keen1, spry1
- 5 letters
- going2, ready2, light1, quick1, smart1, alive2, alert2, vivid2, agile2, brisk1
- 6 letters
- living2, strong1, moving2, mobile2, acting2, lively2, potent2, hearty2, nimble2, supple2, frisky2
- 7 letters
- working2, dynamic3, vibrant2, kinetic3, deedful
- 8 letters
- involved2, fighting2, powerful3, animated4, activist3, athletic3, vigorous3, spirited3, diligent3, bustling3, sedulous
- 9 letters
- effective3, efficient3, operative4, energetic4, strenuous3, vivacious3, impetuous3, sprightly2, assiduous3
- 11 letters
- operational5, industrious4, hyperactive4, efficacious4, expeditious4
- 12 letters
- enthusiastic5, enterprising4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (busy2 = 2 syllables).