active adj
1: tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis" [ant: inactive]
2: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" [syn: combat-ready, fighting(a)]
3: disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances" [ant: passive]
4: taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations" [syn: participating]
5: characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" [ant: inactive]
6: exerting influence or producing an effect; "an active ingredient" [ant: inactive]
7: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account" [ant: inactive]
8: in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: alive(p)]
9: of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions [ant: quiet]
10: expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions" [ant: passive]
11: expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water') [syn: dynamic] [ant: stative]
12: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" [ant: dormant, extinct]
13: producing activity or change [ant: counteractive]
14: engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession" [ant: inactive]
15: being in physical motion; "active fish in the aquarium"
16: characterized by energetic bodily activity; "tennis is an active sport"; "a very physical dance performance" [syn: physical] (noun)
1: chemical agent capable of activity [syn: active agent]
2: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" [syn: active voice] [ant: passive voice]
3: a person devoted to the active life [ant: contemplative]