reactive

Questions about reactive

What does reactive mean?

reactive means "participating readily in reactions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reactive?

reactive has 3 syllables: re-ac-tive. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ɹiˈæktɪv/.

What is another word for reactive?

Close synonyms include responsive. 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 reactive?

The recorded antonyms are unreactive.

Is reactive a common word?

reactive 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.

What rhymes with reactive?

7 words rhyme with reactive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.