[
  {
    "word": "active",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u00e6k.t\u026av/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6k.t\u026av/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/active-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1648198",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;\u2014opposed to passive, that receives.",
            "synonyms": [
              "acting"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "passive"
            ],
            "example": "certain active principles"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.",
            "synonyms": [
              "agile",
              "nimble"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "indolent",
              "passive",
              "still"
            ],
            "example": "an active child or animal"
          },
          {
            "definition": "In action; actually proceeding; working; in force",
            "synonyms": [
              "in action",
              "in force",
              "working"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "dormant",
              "extinct",
              "quiescent"
            ],
            "example": "active hostilities"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy",
            "synonyms": [
              "busy",
              "deedful",
              "diligent",
              "energetic"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "dull",
              "indolent",
              "inert",
              "sluggish"
            ],
            "example": "active mind"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Requiring or implying action or exertion",
            "synonyms": [
              "operative"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "passive",
              "sedentary",
              "tranquil"
            ],
            "example": "active employment or service"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "speculative",
              "theoretical"
            ],
            "example": "an active rather than a speculative statesman"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Brisk; lively.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an active demand for corn"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Implying or producing rapid action.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "passive",
              "slow"
            ],
            "example": "an active disease"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(heading, grammar) About verbs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not passive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.",
            "synonyms": [
              "top"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "bottom",
              "passive"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "acting",
          "agile",
          "nimble",
          "busy",
          "deedful",
          "diligent",
          "energetic",
          "in action",
          "in force",
          "working",
          "operative",
          "top"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "bottom",
          "passive",
          "dormant",
          "extinct",
          "quiescent",
          "dull",
          "indolent",
          "inert",
          "sluggish",
          "indolent",
          "passive",
          "still",
          "passive",
          "passive",
          "sedentary",
          "tranquil",
          "passive",
          "slow",
          "speculative",
          "theoretical"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/active"
    ]
  }
]