Passive

Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "passive" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

active active aggressive

Derived Terms

French passive Greek passive activo-passive antipassive endopassive exopassive impersonal passive interpassive long passive mediopassive neutropassive nonpassive paggro passifan passival passivate passivation passive aggressor passive armour passive box passive defense passive euthanasia passive gravitational mass passive immunity passive income passive investor passive iron passive learning passive matrix passive participle passive photolocation passive radar passive resistance passive resister passive restraint passive smoke passive smoker passive smoking passive solar passive speaker passive vape passive vaper passive vaping passive vaporing passive vapouring passive vocabulary passive voice passive-aggressive passive-dependent passively passiveness passivise passivism passivist passivistic passivity passivization passivize pseudo-passive pseudopassive short passive transpassive unpassive

Derived From

Etymologically Related To

Context

aviation finance grammar psychology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Related Terms

passion passionate patience patient

Related Terms

action inactive motive passion passionate passive voice patience patient power reaction submissive verb

Similar Terms

hands off hands-off nonviolent resistless supine supine unresisting unresisting

Synonym Network

disinterested idle inactive passive voice peaceful uninvolved

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