Scrabble Dictionary

Check words in Scrabble Dictionary and make sure it's an official scrabble word.

Yes

Valid in these dictionaries


  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US / Canada / Thailand)
  • SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / International)
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of active


1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  active
      adj 1: tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active
             tuberculosis" [ant: {inactive}]
      2: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
         active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the
         fighting forces" [syn: {active}, {combat-ready},
         {fighting(a)}]
      3: disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who
         takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active
         antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their
         grievances" [ant: {inactive}, {passive}]
      4: taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club";
         "he was politically active"; "the participating
         organizations" [syn: {active}, {participating}]
      5: characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler";
         "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
         [ant: {inactive}]
      6: exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an
         active ingredient" [ant: {inactive}]
      7: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an
         active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
         [ant: {inactive}]
      8: in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still
         alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: {active}, {alive(p)}]
      9: (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of
         sunspots and flares and radio emissions [ant: {quiet}]
      10: expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic
          function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
          [ant: {passive}]
      11: (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives
          (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action
          rather than a state of being [syn: {active}, {dynamic}]
          [ant: {stative}]
      12: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting [ant: {extinct}]
      13: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active
          volcanos" [ant: {dormant}, {inactive}]
      14: engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past
          retirement age he is still active in his profession" [ant:
          {inactive}]
      n 1: chemical agent capable of activity [syn: {active agent},
           {active}]
      2: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of
         the verb is performing the action or causing the happening
         denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the
         active voice" [syn: {active voice}, {active}] [ant:
         {passive}, {passive voice}]
      3: a person who is a participating member of an organization;
         "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the
         retirees"


WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu

Use this Scrabble® dictionary checker tool to find out whether a word is acceptable in your scrabble dictionary. When you enter a word and click on Check Dictionary button, it simply tells you whether it's valid or not, and list out the dictionaries in case of valid word. Additionally, you can also read the meaning if you want to know more about a particular word.

Back to Scrabble Word Finder
✘ Clear