passive (Meaning)
passive (n)
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
passive (a)
lacking in energy or will
expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
passive (s)
peacefully resistant in response to injustice
passive (a.)
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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of passive
Synonyms:
- tolerating
- unresistant
- impassive
- willing
- submissive
- docile
- nonresistant
- compliant
- tolerant
- patient
- stoic
- stoical
- yielding
Antonyms:
- wayward
- intractable
- mutinous
- willful
- ungovernable
- restive
- untoward
- perverse
- intractable
- balky
- disobedient
- indomitable
- contumacious
- headstrong
- wrongheaded
- insubordinate
- unruly
- wilful
- insurgent
- ungovernable
- insurgent
- unruly
- restive
- indomitable
- recalcitrant
- perverse
- wrongheaded
- contumacious
- untoward
- willful
- mutinous
- disobedient
- wilful
- headstrong
- insubordinate
- wayward
- balky
- recalcitrant
passive Sentence Examples
- The students remained passive during the lecture, absorbing information quietly.
- The patient's body temperature was passively measured with an axillary thermometer.
- The catalyst played a passive role in the chemical reaction, facilitating without direct involvement.
- The audience adopted a passive stance, listening attentively without reacting.
- The security system operates in a passive mode, monitoring activity without initiating action.
- The economic recession led to a passive decline in consumer spending.
- The substance had a passive effect on the organism, producing no noticeable changes.
- The sound waves passed passively through the medium without causing vibrations.
- The passive solar panel system absorbs and releases heat in a natural process.
- The immune system employs passive strategies to protect the body, such as engulfing foreign particles.
FAQs About the word 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, lacking in energy or wi
obedient,resigned, acquiescent, tolerating, unresistant, impassive, willing, submissive, docile, nonresistant
contrary, resistant, resisting, defiant, rebellious, contrary, unyielding, unyielding, defiant, resisting
The students remained passive during the lecture, absorbing information quietly.
The patient's body temperature was passively measured with an axillary thermometer.
The catalyst played a passive role in the chemical reaction, facilitating without direct involvement.
The audience adopted a passive stance, listening attentively without reacting.
