operative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Types & categories
- agent hypernym
- agent-in-place hyponym
- agent provocateur hyponym
- bridge agent hyponym
- case officer hyponym
- codetalker hyponym
- foot hyponym
- NOC hyponym
- spy hyponym
- walk-in hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
being in force or having or exerting force
operative regulations
Related & opposite
- inoperative antonym
- operant similar to
- in effectp similar to
- in operationp similar to
- working similar to
Sense 3 noun
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Types & categories
- detective hypernym
- hotel detective hyponym
- inquiry agent hyponym
- store detective hyponym
Sense 4 adjective
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
a surgical appendix
Related & opposite
- medical antonym
- surgical operation derivation
- surgery derivation
- operate on derivation
- preoperative similar to
- postoperative similar to
Sense 5 adjective
effective; producing a desired effect
the operative word
Related & opposite
- significant similar to
Sense 6 adjective
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
in running (or working) order
Related & opposite
- functionality derivation
- control derivation
- function derivation
- functioning similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | agent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agent-in-place |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agent provocateur |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bridge agent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | case officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | codetalker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | NOC |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk-in |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | inoperative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | operant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | in effectp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | in operationp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | working |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | detective |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hotel detective |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inquiry agent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | store detective |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | medical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgical operation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate on |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | preoperative |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | postoperative |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | significant |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | functionality |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | control |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | function |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | functioning |