GERUNDIAL Antonyms
Definition of GERUNDIAL
Best Opposite Words For GERUNDIAL
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active | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • tending to become more severe or wider in scope • disposed to take action or effectuate change • characterized by energetic activity • exerting influence or producing a change or effect • full of activity or engaged in continuous activity • (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions • expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: • (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being • (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting • (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt • engaged in full-time work noun • chemical agent capable of activity • the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb • a person who is a participating member of an organization adjective satellite • engaged in or ready for military or naval operations • taking part in an activity • in operation | ||||||||
adjective | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or functioning as an adjective • relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law noun • a word that expresses an attribute of something • the word class that qualifies nouns | ||||||||
finite | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent • (of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person | ||||||||
infinitival | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or formed with the infinitive | ||||||||
non-finite | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive) | ||||||||
nonverbal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • being other than verbal communication • lacking verbal skill • involving little use of language | ||||||||
noun | nounn | |||||||
noun • a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action • the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition | ||||||||
participial | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or consisting of participles noun • a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | ||||||||
passive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • lacking in energy or will • expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb noun • the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb adjective satellite • peacefully resistant in response to injustice | ||||||||
verbal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or formed from words in general • of or relating to or formed from a verb • relating to or having facility in the use of words • tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length adjective satellite • communicated in the form of words • expressed in spoken words |