Passive

Adjective

 * 1) Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
 * 2) Taking no action.
 * He remained passive during the protest.
 * 1)  Being in the passive voice.
 * 2)  Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
 * 3)  Not participating in management.

Antonyms

 * active
 * aggressive

Synonyms

 * inactive
 * idle
 * disinterested
 * uninvolved

Derived terms

 * passive-aggressive
 * passively
 * passiveness
 * passive smoking


 * passive voice
 * passivity
 * passivisation / passivization
 * passivise / passivize

Related terms

 * passion
 * passionate
 * patience
 * patient

Noun

 * 1)  The passive voice of verbs.
 * 2)  A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

Adverbs for Passive
strangely; apathetically; curiously; disgustingly; provokingly; incomprehensibly; dully; inertly; sluggishly; bluntly; inertly; doltishly; lazily; vexatiously; indolently; obediently; subserviently; hopelessly; servilely; submissively; pliantly; imperturbably; stoically; placidly; meekly; stupidly; stolidly; carelessly.

Thesaurus
Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, amenable, apathetic, asleep, assenting, bearing, benumbed, blah, blank, blankminded, blase, bovine, calm, cataleptic, catatonic, centrist, comatose, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, consenting, contemplative, cool, dead, deferential, desensitized, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, do-nothing, docile, dopey, dormant, dull, empty, empty-headed, enduring, even, fatuous, fifty-fifty, flat, flexible, forbearing, foul, gentle, groggy, half-and-half, heartless, heavy, hebetudinous, hopeless, humble, idle, immobile, impartial, impassive, imperturbable, implicit, in a stupor, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inane, incogitant, independent, indifferent, inert, insouciant, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lamblike, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, long-suffering, malleable, medio-passive, meditative, meek, middle, middle voice, midway, moderate, motionless, neuter, neutral, nirvanic, nonaligned, nonchalant, noncommitted, nondissenting, nonpartisan, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, nonviolent, numb, numbed, obedient, oblivious, on the fence, out of it, ovine, paralytic, paralyzed, passive voice, patient, phlegmatic, placid, pliable, pluckless, procrastinating, quiescent, quiet, quietist, quietistic, receptive, reconciled, reflexive, relaxed, repressed, resigned, sedentary, serene, servile, sheepish, slack, sleeping, sleepy, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, soporific, spiritless, spunkless, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, static, stationary, still, stoic, stolid, stupefied, subdued, submissive, subservient, supine, suspended, tacit, tame, third-force, third-world, thoughtfree, thoughtless, tolerant, torpid, tractable, tranquil, unaffected, unaroused, unassertive, uncaring, uncommitted, uncomplaining, unconcerned, undisclosed, unexpressed, unideaed, unintellectual, uninterested, uninvolved, unmoved, unmoving, unoccupied, unperturbed, unreasoning, unresistant, unresisting, unresponsive, unrevealed, unshaken, unthinking, untouched, vacant, vacuous, vegetable, vegetative, voice, withdrawn, yielding

Etymology
From passif:, from  passivus:, from pati:, past participle of passus:; compare patient:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"p{s.Iv/}}

Adjective

 * Catalan: passiu
 * Chinese: 消极的 (xiāo jí de)
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: loid
 * Finnish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 受動的 (じゅどうてき, judōteki), 受け身 (うけみ, ukemi)
 * Persian: منفعل
 * Romanian: pasiv
 * Vietnamese: bị động


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: loid
 * Finnish:


 * Norwegian: passiv
 * Vietnamese: thụ động


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 被动 (bèidòng)
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: passiiv
 * Finnish:, passiivimuotoinen


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 受動態 (じゅどうたい, judōtai)
 * Norwegian: passiv
 * Persian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Chinese: 被动 (bèidòng)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Italian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: koroton


 * German: passiv
 * Italian: passivo


 * Romanian: pasiv, supus
 * Spanish: pasivo

Noun

 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: passiivimuoto,

Adjective
passive



Anagrams

 * spesavi