activeness

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noun

The state or quality of being active.

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activityaction
Opposite
inactiveness
OriginEnglish active ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif →
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Meanings

nounactiveness (usually uncountable, plural activenesses)

plural activenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being active.

    Erickson et al. proposed a visualization method of representing the activenesses of discussions by the positions of circles that correspond to participants.

    2011, Toyohide Watanabe, Lakhmi C. Jain, Innovations in Intelligent Machines -2: Intelligent Paradigms and ..., Volume 2

    Synonyms: activity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being active.

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activity

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe state of being active

Similar
actionactivity
Opposite
inactiveness
Broader
state

nounthe trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

Similar
activity
Opposite
inactiveness
Broader
trait
Also see
actionactivity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchactif
  2. Middle Englishactyf
  3. Englishactive
  4. Englishactiveness

From active + -ness.

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APA

activeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/activeness

MLA

“activeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/activeness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “activeness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/activeness.

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