PASSIVE


Meaning of PASSIVE in English

n. Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: INACTIVE , asleep, idle, inert, quiet, sleepy

Related Words: apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid

Antonyms: active

2 receiving or enduring without resistance FF1C; a passive acceptance of her fate FF1E;

Synonyms: acquiescent, nonresistant, nonresisting, resigned, submissive, unresistant, unresisting, yielding

Related Words: bearing, enduring, patient; compliant, docile, tractable; nonviolent

Contrasted Words: resistant, resisting, unresigned, unsubmissive, unyielding

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.