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UNDERACTION Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word underaction. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For UNDERACTION

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action
verb, nounv, n
noun

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

verb

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

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

activity
nounn
noun

• any specific behavior

• the state of being active

• an organic process that takes place in the body

• (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

energy
nounn
noun

• the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

• (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

• forceful exertion

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• any source of usable power

initiative
nounn
noun

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the first of a series of actions

adjective satellite

• serving to set in motion

movement
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

• a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

• a euphemism for defecation

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

• the act of changing the location of something

proceeding
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

progress
verb, nounv, n
noun

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

verb

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

response
nounn
noun

• a result

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• the manner in which something is greeted

• a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

• the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

overaction
nounn
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Alternatives for ACTION

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Alternatives for ACTIVITY

Alternatives for ENERGY

Alternatives for INITIATIVE

Alternatives for MOVEMENT

Alternatives for PROCEEDING

Alternatives for PROGRESS

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