Thesaurus:active

Thesaurus

active

English

Adjective

Sense: full of energy; full of life

Synonyms

• abuzz
• agile
• airy
• alive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• animated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brisk
• busy
• busy as a bee
• buxom
• buzzing
• diligent
• driven
• driving
• dynamic
• eager
• energetic
• enthusiastic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• expeditious
• frisky
• gay    [⇒ thesaurus]
• glowing
• happy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hearty
• impetuous
• industrious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• keen
• kinetic
• lively    [⇒ thesaurus]
• merry
• mobile
• motivated
• moving    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nimble
• peppy
• perky
• restive
• snappy
• spirited
• sprightly
• sprunt (obsolete)
• spry
• vigorous
• vivacious
• vivid
• zealous
• zestful
• zippy (informal)

Antonyms

• inactive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nondriven
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• restful
• sleeping

Hyponyms

• hyperactive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hypoactive
• overactive
• overenergetic
• underactive

Hypernyms

• in action    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• proactive
• Thesaurus:industrious
• Thesaurus:young

Further reading

• “682. activity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “active” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.