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Active

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

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About 84% connected

Around; all round; on every side of.

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About 84% connected

Around; all round; on every side of.

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Acrobatic 84% connected

Pertaining to an acrobat.

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Acrobatic 84% connected

Pertaining to an acrobat.

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Agile 84% connected

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

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Agile 84% connected

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

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Alive 84% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Alive 84% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Astir 84% connected

Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.

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Astir 84% connected

Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.

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Athletic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

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Athletic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

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Brisk 84% connected

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

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Brisk 84% connected

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

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Bustling 84% connected

of Bustle

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Bustling 84% connected

of Bustle

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Busy 84% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Busy 84% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Counteractive 84% connected

Tending to counteract.

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Counteractive 84% connected

Tending to counteract.

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Eruptive 84% connected

Breaking out or bursting forth.

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Eruptive 84% connected

Breaking out or bursting forth.

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Existent 84% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existent 84% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existing 84% connected

of Exist

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Existing 84% connected

of Exist

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Going 84% connected

of Go

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Going 84% connected

of Go

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Gymnastic 84% connected

Alt. of Gymnastical

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Gymnastic 84% connected

Alt. of Gymnastical

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Involved 84% connected

of Involve

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Involved 84% connected

of Involve

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Nimble 84% connected

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

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Nimble 84% connected

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

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Open 84% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Open 84% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Progressive 84% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Progressive 84% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Quick 84% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Quick 84% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Springy 84% connected

Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.

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Springy 84% connected

Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.

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Spry 84% connected

Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.

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Spry 84% connected

Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Voice 76% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Activeness 74% connected

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

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Activeness 74% connected

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

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Activity 74% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Activity 74% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Action 66% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Action 66% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Activeness 66% connected

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

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Activeness 66% connected

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

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Activity 66% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Activity 66% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Live 66% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Live 66% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Lively 66% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Lively 66% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Alive 92% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Dynamic 92% connected

Alt. of Dynamical

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Fighting 92% connected

of Fight

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Participating 92% connected

of Participate

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Antonym 12

Dormant 94% connected

Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dorma…

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Dormant 94% connected

Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dorma…

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Extinct 94% connected

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

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Extinct 94% connected

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

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Inactive 94% connected

Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Inactive 94% connected

Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Passive 94% connected

Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

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Passive 94% connected

Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

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Quiet 94% connected

In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

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Quiet 94% connected

In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

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Stative 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.

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Stative 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.

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