actional

A1C3T1I1O1N1A1L1
/ˈækʃənəl/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.

OriginEnglish action ← Middle English accioun ← Old French aucion →
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Meanings

adjectiveactional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.

    There is his view discussed earlier, for instance, that the actional realm is inimical to human purpose.

    1999, Bruce Bashford, Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Humanist, page 133
  2. not comparablegrammarDepicting an action having an agent and a patient.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchaucion
  2. Middle Englishaccioun
  3. Englishaction
  4. Englishactional

From action + -al.

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Translations

Portuguese acional
  • acionalpertaining to action

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

anticoalacontiallacinatoaconitalAnatolic
Cite this entry
APA

actional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actional

MLA

“actional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actional.

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