Uk English Meaning of passive
passive
Other Uk English words related to passive
- acquiescent
- obedient
- resigned
- compliant
- docile
- impassive
- nonresistant
- patient
- stoic
- stoical
- submissive
- tolerant
- tolerant
- unresistant
- willing
- yielding
- agreeable
- Amenable
- amiable
- apathetic
- Conformable
- conformist
- forbearing
- guidable
- law-abiding
- long-suffering
- manageable
- obedient
- obliging
- pliable
- pliable
- slavish
- subordinate
- subservient
- tractable
- indifferent
- uncomplaining
- unresponsive
- compliant
- surrendering
- contrary
- defiant
- rebellious
- refractory
- resistant
- resisting
- uncontrollable
- unyielding
- protesting
- uncooperative
- contumacious
- disobedient
- headstrong
- indomitable
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- intractable
- mutinous
- perverse
- recalcitrant
- restless
- Ungovernable
- unruly
- untoward
- wayward
- wilful
- willful
- wrongheaded
- dissident
- froward
- non-compliant
- nonconformist
- undisciplined
- unmanageable
Nearest Words of passive
- passive air defense => Passive air defence
- passive balloon => Passive balloon
- passive flight => passive flight
- passive immunity => passive immunity
- passive matrix display => Passive matrix display
- passive resistance => Passive resistance
- passive resister => passive resister
- passive source => Passive source
- passive transport => Passive transport
- passive trust => Passive trust
Definitions and Meaning of passive in English
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.
FAQs About the word passive
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
acquiescent,obedient,resigned,compliant,docile,impassive,nonresistant,patient,stoic,stoical
contrary,defiant,rebellious,refractory,resistant,resisting,uncontrollable,unyielding,protesting,uncooperative
passionless => Passionless, passionist => passionist, passioning => passion, passionflower vine => Passionflower vine, passionflower family => Passionflower family,
