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Active : Synonyms and Antonyms





Active


( Adjective )


All the active students will be given a chance to join military services.

Synonyms:

1. Busy

2. Bustling

3. Engaged

4. Hard-working

5. Alert

6. Animated

7. Diligent

8. Industrious

9. Nimble

10. Vibrant

11. Vigorous

12. Vital

Contextual Examples:

We have been terribly busy at work recently.

The city center was bustling with life.

She was engaged as an interpreter.

The alert listener would have noticed the error.

The letter was found after a diligent research among the files.

She is sewing the clothes with nimble fingers.



Antonyms:

1. Dormant

2. Dull

3. Idle

4. Inactive

5. Inoperative

6. Lazy

7. Slow

8. Sedentary

9. Sluggish

10. Torpid

11. Unimaginative

Contextual Examples:

The virus can lie dormant for years.

The conference was deadly dull.

We spent very idle hours just sitting under the Sun.

We spent a lazy day on the beach.

The tortoise lie around in a torpid state.


The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from. Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language. Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.



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