passive

  • (a) lacking in energy or will
    • "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
    inactive,
  • (s) peacefully resistant in response to injustice
    • passive resistance
    peaceful,
  • (a) expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
    • academics seem to favor passive sentences

Nouns

  • (n) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
    • "The ball was thrown by the boy" uses the passive voice
    • "The ball was thrown" is an abbreviated passive
    passive voice,

Synonyms

passive voice inactive peaceful

Antonyms

active voice active

Words of close approximity

passim
passing passion
passive air defense passive immunity passively passive matrix display passiveness passive resistance passive resister passive source passive transport passive trust passive voice