Clues for the word "ACTIVE"
We've had 65 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 136 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on December 06, 2025.
Definition of active
- a. - Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
- a. - Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- a. - In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
- a. - Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
- a. - Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- a. - Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- a. - Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- a. - Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
- a. - Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
- a. - Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- a. - Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Referring Clues
- Kind of ingredient
- Still serving
- Kind of duty
- On the move
- In eruption
- Sales rep's file label
- Off the injured list
- Military classification
- On the go
- In operation
- Like one on the go 24/7
- On the roster
- Busy
- Frequently traded, in the stock market
- Unlike a couch potato
- Lively
- Not idle
- Like some volcanoes
- Like some verbs
- Capable of erupting
- Still going
- Hardly idle
- Not dormant
- Not retired
- Unlike couch potatoes
- Like some medicinal ingredients
- Energetic
- On the player roster
- Type of voice
- Prone to heavy market trading
- No longer on the injured list
- Working
- Engaged
- Jangle pop '80s band Let's ___
- Such service can keep Tommy busy
- Wild cat I have to view in operation
- A civet can be so lively!
- Not extinct (of volcano)
- Argentinian revolutionary conceals carbon which is emitting radiation
- Stirring kind of voice
- Mounted musical, keeping chorus leader busy
- In actual operation
- The voice of the doer
- Nimble appears in Act Four, beginning of end
- Voice of a cat that swallowed its tail?
- Like Mount Pinatubo
- Fit & alert
- Lively or energetic
- Energetic move: four get the point
- Mobile busy?
- Maintaining a busy lifestyle
- On duty
- Ongoing
- Far from idle
- Like the ingredient acetaminophen in Tylenol
- Not passive
- Involved
- Physically energetic
- Antonym for inert
- Like some volcanoes and military personnel
- Operative
- Busy, possibly on radio
- Opposite of passive
- Still at it
- Word before "lifestyle" or "listening"
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - December 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 08, 2025
- Mirror Mini - March 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 04, 2025
- USA Today - February 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 30, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 25, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - November 18, 2023
- LA Times - October 29, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 26, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 31, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 13, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - March 27, 2023
- Your Life Choices - March 01, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2023
- USA Today - January 06, 2023
- And in 106 more crossword puzzles...