active, n.
(actives)
freq. cnt. 16
(actives)
freq. cnt. 16
chemical agent capable of activity
<noun.substance> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16
active active agent
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a person who is a participating member of an organization
<noun.person>
active
sample sentences
"the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
<noun.relation>
active active voice
sample sentences
"`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hypernym