reactive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
participating readily in reactions
sodium is a reactive metal
Related & opposite
- unreactive antonym
- reactivity derivation
- react derivation
- chemistry domain topic
- physics domain topic
- activated similar to
- labile similar to
- oxidizable similar to
- thermolabile similar to
- unstable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
reacting to a stimulus
the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons
Related & opposite
- responsiveness derivation
- react derivation
- sensitive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unreactive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reactivity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | react |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | activated |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | labile |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | oxidizable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | thermolabile |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unstable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | responsiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | react |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sensitive |