Operative

Adjective

 * 1) Effectual or important.
 * He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
 * 1) Functional, in working order.

Related terms

 * operand
 * operant
 * operate
 * operation
 * operational
 * operator

Derived terms

 * operative word

Noun

 * 1) An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
 * 2) A spy, secret agent, or detective.

Adverbs for Operative
skilfully; profitably; actively; serviceably; wonderfully; successfully; eminently; conspicuously; amazingly; expertly; deftly; smoothly; dexterously; adroitly; cleverly; usefully; advantageously; currently; locally; incessantly; apparently; evidently.

Verbs for Operative
abandon—; adhere to—; air—; alter—; assert—; base—on; bow to—of; cling to— coincide with—; concur in—; condemn— confirm—; controvert—; convert from— convey—; crystallize—; defend—; dispute —; echo—; embody—; enforce—; formulate —; further—; justify—; modify—; muzzle —; offer—; moderate—; modify—; prepare—; proclaim—; qualify—; reconcile —s; reflect—;  rescind—;   reserve—;   retain—; shade—; shape—; submit—; subscribe to—; utter—;  venture—;   voice—;   —carries weight; —s clash; —s conflict; —crystallizes; —s differ; —s diverge; —fluctuates; — hinges upon; —prevails.

Thesaurus
Bow Street runner, CIA man, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G-man, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, T-man, accessible, active, actor, agent, alive, architect, armipotent, artisan, author, authoritative, cloak-and-dagger operative, cogent, conductor, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, craftsman, craftswoman, creator, detective, doer, double agent, driver, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, employable, employee, energetic, engineer, espionage agent, executant, executor, executrix, eye, fabricator, fed, forceful, forcible, functional, functionary, functioning, go, gumshoe, hand, handler, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, in force, in power, inquiry agent, inside man, intelligence agent, investigator, irresistible, laborer, live, machinist, maker, manipulator, mechanic, medium, mighty, mighty in battle, military-intelligence man, mover, narc, naval-intelligence man, operant, operation, operational, operator, performer, perpetrator, pilot, plainclothesman, police detective, potent, powerful, practicable, practical, practitioner, prepotent, prime mover, private detective, private eye, private investigator, producer, puissant, reconnoiterer, revenuer, roustabout, ruling, runner, running, scout, secret agent, shamus, sleuth, spotter, spy, spy-catcher, steersman, store detective, striking, strong, subject, telling, treasury agent, undercover man, usable, valid, vigorous, vital, worker, workhand, working, workingman, workman

Adjective

 * Dutch:
 * Italian: operativo


 * Spanish: operatorio

Anagrams

 * evaporite

Adjective
operative



Anagrams

 * operatevi