passive

Speech parts

1. passive - Noun

2. passive - Adjective

3. passive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.

Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.

Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inactive inert submissive quiescent meek patient peaceful yielding idle indifferent dormant compliant obedient sluggish docile
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Antonyms

active aggressive frank working strong personal
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Hypernyms

voice

Phrases with the word

passive vaping passive smoke passive vape passive vaper passive vaporing passive vapouring

Examples

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject. Hermann Ebbinghaus

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human. Robin Morgan

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. Claude Bernard

Active Evil is better than Passive Good. William Blake

Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. Merton Miller

It is the passive resistance from the helm that steers the boat. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

passivate passivation passivator passive acceptance passive aggressive passive aggressive behavior