active

Definitions

• Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
• Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
• In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
• Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
• Requiring or implying action or exertion
• Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
• Brisk; lively.
• Implying or producing rapid action.
• (heading) About verbs.
• (computing) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
• (electronics) Not passive.
• (gay sexual slang) of a homosexual man enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.