Synonyms of the word passive


PASSIVEHANDS-OFF - INACTIVE - NONVIOLENT - PEACEFUL - RESISTLESS - SUPINE - UNRESISTING - VOICE

passive

  • adj. Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
  • adj. Taking no action.
  • adj. (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
  • adj. (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
  • adj. (finance) Not participating in management.
  • adj. (aviation) Without motive power.
  • n. (uncountable, grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
  • n. (countable, grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

hands-off

  • adj. Tending not to intervene.

inactive

  • adj. Not active, temporarily or permanently.
  • adj. Not functioning or operating; broken down.
  • adj. Retired from duty or service.
  • adj. (chemistry) Relatively inert.
  • adj. (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

nonviolent

  • adj. Not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent.

peaceful

  • adj. Not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.
  • adj. Inclined to peace.
  • adj. Motionless and calm.

resistless

  • adj. That cannot be resisted; irresistible.
  • adj. Putting up no resistance; unresisting.

supine

  • adj. Lying on its back, reclined.
  • adj. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
  • adj. Negligent; heedless; listless; lethargic; indifferent.
  • adj. Passive.
  • n. (grammar) A type of verbal noun.
  • n. (grammar) Swedish: verbform in combination with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect.

unresisting

  • adj. Not resisting; compliant.

voice

  • n. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered…
  • n. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; —…
  • n. The tone or sound emitted by an object.
  • n. The faculty or power of utterance.
  • n. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
  • n. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment.
  • n. (archaic) Command; precept.
  • n. One who speaks; a speaker.
  • n. (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means…
  • n. (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
  • n. (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages…
  • v. (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce.
  • v. (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly.
  • v. (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out.
  • v. (transitive, Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to…
  • v. (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

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