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passive
Overview of noun passive
The noun passive has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. passive voice, passive -- (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive")
Overview of adj passive
The adj passive has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) passive, inactive -- (lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith)
2. (1) passive, peaceful -- (peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance")
3. passive -- (expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun passive
1 sense of passive
Sense 1
passive voice, passive
=> voice
=> grammatical relation
=> linguistic relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun passive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun passive
1 sense of passive
Sense 1
passive voice, passive
=> voice
Antonyms of noun passive
Member Holonyms of noun passive
Substance Holonyms of noun passive
Part Holonyms of noun passive
Member Meronyms of noun passive
Substance Meronyms of noun passive
Part Meronyms of noun passive
Meronyms of noun passive
Holonyms of noun passive
Attributes of noun passive
Derived Forms of noun passive
Domain of noun passive
Domain Terms of noun passive
Familiarity of noun passive
passive used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun passive
1 sense of passive
Sense 1
passive voice, passive
> voice
=> active voice, active
=> passive voice, passive
Meronyms of noun passive
1 sense of passive
Holonyms of noun passive
Grep of noun passive
passive
passive air defense
passive immunity
passive matrix display
passive resistance
passive resister
passive source
passive transport
passive trust
passive voice
passiveness
Antonyms of adj passive
3 senses of passive
Sense 1
passive (vs. active), inactive
active (vs. passive)
=> activist, activistic
=> hands-on
=> proactive
Sense 2
passive, peaceful
INDIRECT (VIA nonviolent) -> violent
Sense 3
passive (vs. active)
active (vs. passive)
Similarity of adj passive
3 senses of passive
Sense 1
passive (vs. active), inactive
=> hands-off
=> resistless, supine, unresisting
Sense 2
passive, peaceful
=> nonviolent (vs. violent)
Sense 3
passive (vs. active)
Pertainyms of adj passive
Attributes of adj passive
1 of 3 senses of passive
Sense 1
passive (vs. active), inactive
=> passivity, passiveness
Domain of adj passive
1 of 3 senses of passive
Sense 3
passive (vs. active)
TOPIC>(noun) grammar#1
Domain Terms of adj passive
Familiarity of adj passive
passive used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj passive
impassive
passive
Grep of adv passive
passively
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