All active synonyms

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• operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
• alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
• effective — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
• forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
• busy — A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
• diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
• keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
• eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
• determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
• lively — eventful, stirring, or exciting: The opposition gave us a lively time.
• resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
• ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
• quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
• aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
• intense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
• bold — Bold lines or designs are drawn in a clear, strong way.
• rapid — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
• progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
• working — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
• mobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
• pushing — that pushes.
• movable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
• rustling — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
• running — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
• going — the act of leaving or departing; departure: a safe going and quick return.
• flowing — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
• rolling — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
• simmering — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
• functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
• rushing — the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
• operative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
• walking — considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks: The hospital is caring for six walking patients. He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.
• turning — a movement of partial or total rotation: a slight turn of the handle.
• streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
• speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
• daring — People who are daring are willing to do or say things which are new or which might shock or anger other people.
• alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
• whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
• sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
• astir — awake and out of bed
• efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
• hasty — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
• moving — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
• restless — characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
• speedy — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
• at work — If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
• bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
• impelling — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
• in force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.