What are the opposite words for passive?
Active, dynamic, energetic, involved, engaged and lively are some antonyms for the word "passive". Passive refers to a state where a person is not actively participating or taking control of a situation, while antonyms depict traits of a person who is fully participating, exerting effort and making things happen through their actions. Active suggests taking charge and initiating action, while dynamic and engaged suggests a high level of enthusiasm towards a given task. Energetic and lively emphasize the presence of energy to fuel the activity. On the other hand, passive trait can be an obstacle in achieving success, while antonyms are desirable traits within any given society.
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- violent
- working
- energetic
- aggressive
- disobedient
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excitable
- excitable,
- fidgety,
- galvanic,
- hysterical,
- mercurial,
- overzealous,
- reckless,
- temperamental,
- volcanic,
- Agitable,
- Alarmable,
- Hot-headed,
- over-zealous,
- ex citable,
- ex-citable,
- hot headed,
- hot tempered,
- hottempered,
- in flammable,
- in tolerant,
- in-flammable,
- in-tolerant,
- more agitable,
- more alarmable,
- more galvanic,
- more hot headed,
- more hot-headed,
- more nervous,
- more overzealous,
- more volcanic,
- most agitable,
- most alarmable,
- most galvanic,
- most hot headed,
- most hot-headed,
- most overzealous,
- most volcanic,
- over zealous,
- quick tempered,
- quicktempered,
- short fused,
- un controlled,
- un easier,
- un easiest,
- un easy,
- un-controlled,
- un-easier,
- un-easiest.
- destructive
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enterprising
- gumptious,
- take over,
- GOGO,
- go-go,
- go go,
- hard ball,
- more advancing,
- more craving,
- more diligent,
- more go go,
- more go-go,
- more gogo,
- more gumptious,
- more itching,
- more lusting,
- more self starting,
- more self-starting,
- more selfstarting,
- more take over,
- more take-over,
- more takeover,
- more yearning,
- most advancing,
- most craving,
- most go go,
- most go-go,
- most gogo,
- most gumptious,
- most itching,
- most lusting,
- most self starting,
- most self-starting,
- most selfstarting,
- most take over,
- most take-over,
- most takeover,
- most yearning,
- self starting,
- self-starting,
- selfstarting,
- take-over,
- up and coming.
- fiery
- forceful
- passionate
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recalcitrant
- in submissive,
- in subordinate,
- in tractable,
- in-submissive,
- in-subordinate,
- in-tractable,
- insubmissive,
- more insubmissive,
- more undisciplinable,
- more withstanding,
- most insubmissive,
- most undisciplinable,
- most withstanding,
- un disciplinable,
- un disciplined,
- un manageable,
- un willing,
- un-disciplinable,
- un-governable,
- un-manageable,
- un-willing,
- undisciplinable,
- with standing,
- with-standing.
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renegade
- untraditional,
- dis loyal,
- dis-loyal,
- more apostate,
- more backsliding,
- more schismatic,
- more untraditional,
- most apostate,
- most backsliding,
- most schismatic,
- most untraditional,
- out lawer,
- out lawest,
- out-lawer,
- out-lawest,
- outlawer,
- outlawest,
- un faithful,
- un traditional,
- un-faithful,
- un-traditional.
- bellicose
- belligerent
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dictatorial
- doctrinaire,
- peremptory,
- stern,
- iron-handed,
- crack the whip,
- Over-bearing,
- crack-the-whip,
- dictative,
- iron handed,
- ironhanded,
- more crack the whip,
- more crack-the-whip,
- more dictative,
- more iron handed,
- more iron-handed,
- more ironhanded,
- most crack the whip,
- most crack-the-whip,
- most dictative,
- most iron handed,
- most ironhanded,
- over bearing,
- throwing weight around,
- un limited,
- un restricted,
- un-limited,
- un-restricted.
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dynamic
- forcible,
- magnetic,
- potent,
- red-blooded,
- strenuous,
- vehement,
- go-getting,
- hyped up,
- coming on strong,
- coming strong,
- go getting,
- goahead,
- gogetter,
- gogetting,
- highpowered,
- hyped-up,
- hypedup,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more activating,
- more go getter,
- more go getting,
- more go-getter,
- more go-getting,
- more gogetter,
- more gogetting,
- more hyped up,
- more hyped-up,
- more hypedup,
- more red blooded,
- more red-blooded,
- more redblooded,
- most activating,
- most go getter,
- most go getting,
- most go-getter,
- most go-getting,
- most gogetter,
- most gogetting,
- most hyped up,
- most hyped-up,
- most hypedup,
- most red blooded,
- most red-blooded,
- most redblooded,
- play for keeps,
- play hard ball,
- red blooded,
- redblooded.
- operative
- rebellious
- unruly
- all
- tyrannical, authoritarian
- active, vital
- full of life; forceful
- resourceful, energetic
- continuous change
- expressive
- passionate; on fire
- effective, powerful
- active, functioning; influential
- excited; enthusiastic
- lifeless, inactive
- disobedient, uncontrollable
- active, occupied
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Other relevant words
- active voice,
- activist,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disobedient,
- dissident,
- froward,
- headstrong,
- indomitable,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- intractable,
- mutinous,
- nonconformist,
- perverse,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- refractory,
- resistant,
- uncontrollable,
- undisciplined,
- ungovernable,
- unmanageable,
- untoward,
- unyielding,
- wayward,
- willful,
- wrongheaded,
- Incompliant.
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