noun
1. the state of being active
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his sphere of activity
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he is out of action
• Ant: ↑inactiveness, ↑inactivity (for: ↑activity), ↑inaction (for: ↑action)
• Hypernyms: ↑state
• Hyponyms:
↑agency, ↑busyness, ↑hum, ↑behavior, ↑behaviour, ↑eruption, ↑eructation, ↑extravasation, ↑operation, ↑overdrive, ↑play, ↑swing
• Attrubites: ↑active
2. the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
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the level of activity declines with age
• Syn: ↑activity
• Ant: ↑inactiveness
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
↑animation, ↑spiritedness, ↑invigoration, ↑brio, ↑vivification, ↑dynamism, ↑pizzazz, ↑pizzaz, ↑oomph, ↑zing
Useful english dictionary. 2012.