be active

1. 1.

   be in a state of action

   “she is always moving”

   Synonymsmove

   Antonymsrest

   Narrowerbestir

Questions about be active

What does be active mean?

be active means "be in a state of action".

What is another word for be active?

Close synonyms include move. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of be active?

The recorded antonyms are rest.

Is be active a common word?

be active is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.