Clues for the word "ACTIVE"
We've had 67 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 146 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on September 11, 2026.
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"
- Doing something
- Not dormant, as a volcano
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - September 11, 2026
- New York Times - August 17, 2026
- Daily Quick - August 13, 2026
- Your Life Choices - July 08, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 02, 2026
- LA Times - May 16, 2026
- Daily Quick - May 01, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 18, 2026
- Mirror Mini - March 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 09, 2026
- 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
- And in 116 more crossword puzzles...