What is another word for passive?
402 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ p_ˈa_s_ɪ_v], [ pˈasɪv], [ pˈasɪv]Table of Contents
Similar words for passive:- all (adjective)
- compliant (adjective)
- henpecked (adjective)
- inactive (adjective)
- indifferent (adjective)
- inert (adjective)
- insensitive (adjective)
- latent (adjective)
- lifeless, inactive (adjective)
- nonviolent (adjective)
- passive (adjective)
- linkdef (noun)
- other synonyms
- idle
- meek
- morose
- other relevant words
Definition for Passive:
- Suffering without resisting; not acting but acted upon; as, a passive disposition; submissive; in grammar, indicating that form of the transitive verb which asserts that the subject is acted upon.
Synonyms for Passive:
adj.
•all (adjective) •compliant (adjective) •henpecked (adjective) •inactive (adjective) •indifferent (adjective)- easygoing,
- impartial,
- neutral,
- disinterested,
- uncaring,
- Half-hearted,
- dispassionate,
- uninterested,
- apathetic,
- cool,
- indifferent,
- nonchalant,
- lukewarm,
- unconcerned,
- insouciant,
- unwilling,
- detached,
- perfunctory,
- cold.
- immobile,
- inanimate,
- languid,
- comatose,
- lifeless,
- sedentary,
- vegetative,
- motionless,
- sluggish,
- stationary,
- Reposing,
- idle,
- insensible,
- unreactive,
- inert,
- paralytic,
- still,
- languorous,
- catatonic.
- callous,
- hard,
- insensitive,
- hard-boiled,
- stony,
- hardhearted,
- blunt,
- aloof,
- unemotional,
- cold-blooded,
- hardened,
- heartless,
- numb,
- unsympathetic,
- emotionless,
- uncompassionate,
- ruthless,
- unfeeling,
- anesthetized,
- tough,
- objective.
n.
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- blank,
- Influenced,
- receptive,
- controlled,
- affected.
Other synonyms:
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- henpecked,
- Hard-hearted,
- verb,
- undemonstrative,
- poker-faced,
- restrained,
- inured,
- starchy,
- patient,
- impassive,
- unmoved,
- cavalier,
- blankly.
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- feminine,
- vegetable,
- repressed,
- Hard-headed,
- flatly,
- repression,
- soulless,
- restraint,
- glassy,
- evenly.
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- distant.
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- reserve.
- contemplative,
- slow-footed,
- inoffensive,
- uncommitted,
- adaptable,
- budding,
- bland,
- future,
- Pococurante,
- biddable,
- groggy,
- temperate,
- kind,
- tolerant,
- observant,
- leaden,
- amiable,
- even,
- pacific,
- underactive,
- dead,
- paralyzed,
- game,
- unrevealed,
- unaffected,
- gentle,
- well-disposed,
- self-effacing,
- dull,
- vacant,
- soft,
- fallow,
- strikebound,
- unperturbed,
- vacuous,
- extinct,
- serene,
- lowly,
- timid,
- bovine,
- midway,
- obedient,
- flexible,
- dutiful,
- abeyant,
- willing,
- immobilized,
- tranquil,
- eager,
- foul,
- imperturbable,
- mild,
- respectful,
- unresistant,
- wormlike,
- lamblike,
- paralysed,
- stuporous,
- Tolerating,
- unshaken,
- undisclosed,
- fatuous,
- Compliable,
- Quietistic,
- sheeplike,
- relaxed,
- undone,
- third-world,
- middle,
- good-natured,
- slow-paced,
- silent,
- subdued,
- complying,
- non-aggressive,
- unassuming,
- zealous,
- possible,
- blase,
- forgiving,
- Adapting,
- unthinking,
- kindly,
- heavy,
- pliant,
- hidden,
- compassionate,
- passively,
- untouched,
- conformable,
- expressionless,
- unmoving,
- inactivity,
- Numbed,
- nonaligned,
- wormy,
- affable,
- smoldering,
- accommodating,
- middle voice,
- enthusiastic,
- indulgent,
- unaroused,
- Unasserted,
- content,
- desensitized,
- developing,
- benumbed,
- spiritless,
- ready,
- stirred,
- modest,
- abject,
- tame,
- slow-going,
- unintellectual,
- logy,
- unenthusiastic,
- subservient,
- suspended,
- stand pat,
- stupefied,
- neuter,
- dopey,
- diplomatic,
- concealed,
- empty-headed,
- Procrastinating,
- otiose,
- soporific,
- Pluckless,
- sleeping,
- meditative,
- nonoperational,
- unreasoning,
- likely,
- Unexerted,
- agreeable,
- oblivious,
- frigid,
- quietist,
- unexpressed,
- passiveness,
- desensitised,
- apathy,
- Receiving,
- consenting,
- in suspense,
- nirvanic,
- amenable,
- Ovine,
- ebastened,
- assenting,
- uninfluential,
- pliable,
- Adjusting,
- unaggressive,
- happy,
- deferential,
- sheepish,
- hands-off,
- hopeless,
- active voice,
- slavish,
- reconciled,
- equable,
- laissez faire,
- duteous,
- mindless,
- standpat,
- tacit,
- inoperative,
- inertia,
- manageable,
- manipulable,
- resistless,
- impotent,
- merciful,
- unanimated,
- suffering,
- centrist,
- cataleptic,
- avid,
- stoical,
- lymphatic,
- nonpartisan,
- imminent,
- Stagnating,
- covert,
- Resting,
- out of work,
- adaptive,
- implicit,
- moderate,
- potential,
- embryonic,
- on the fence,
- independent,
- delighted,
- fifty-fifty,
- stoic,
- undeveloped,
- unapproachable,
- hebetudinous,
- philosophical,
- inane,
- thoughtless,
- conciliatory,
- self-possessed,
- blah,
- prone,
- half-and-half,
- unexpressive,
- lenient,
- Restrainable,
- unemployed,
- accepting,
- not done,
- phlegmatical,
- passivity,
- Unideaed,
- mellow,
- standing,
- pleased,
- reflexive,
- Incogitant,
- withdrawn,
- malleable.
Paraphrases for Passive:
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
impassive.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
liabilities, negative.
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Noun, singular or mass
outward.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Adjective
negative.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Passive:
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adj.
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all
active.
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Other antonyms:
disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, perverse, unmanageable, headstrong, contumacious, protesting, wayward, untoward, froward, insurgent, defiant, dissident, ungovernable, contrary, undisciplined, wrongheaded, nonconformist, uncontrollable, mutinous, rebellious, willful, indomitable, refractory, unyielding, Incompliant, resistant.
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all
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n.
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linkdef
active voice.
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linkdef
Hyponym for Passive:
n.
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linkdef
voice.
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linkdef
