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active adj.
begun adj.
going adj.
ongoing adj.
present adj.
present-day adj.
working adj.

ADJECTIVE

active

Synonyms

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alive effective operating

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flowing functioning going mobile movable operative progressive pushing rapid rolling running rushing rustling shifting simmering speeding streaming traveling turning walking working

WEAK

astir at work bustling efficacious exertive hasty impelling in force in play moving restless speedy swarming

Antonyms

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fixed inoperative unmovable unworking

WEAK

abeyant disinterested dormant idle immobile inactive indifferent inert lazy quiescent quiet sluggish

ADJECTIVE

begun

Synonyms

STRONG

going happening initiated proceeding working

WEAK

in motion in progress operational operative under way

Antonyms

WEAK

latent prospective

ADJECTIVE

going

Synonyms

STRONG

bustling flowing functioning impelling mobile movable moving operating operative progressive pushing rapid rolling running rushing rust

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alive astir at work effective efficacious exertive hasty in force in play restless

Antonyms

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fixed immobile permanent stationary unmovable

ADJECTIVE

ongoing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuing current growing open-ended successful

WEAK

advancing developing evolving extant heading in progress marching progressing unfinished unfolding

Antonyms

WEAK

incontinuous infrequent intermittent stopping

ADJECTIVE

present

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current

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begun being coeval commenced contemporary instant modern nowadays prompt started today

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ad hoc already at this moment contemporaneous even now existent extant for the time being going on immediate in duration just now present-day topical under consideration up-to-date

Antonyms

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late old

WEAK

far former future past previous

ADJECTIVE

present-day

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contemporary modern

WEAK

ad hoc already at this moment begun being coeval commenced contemporaneous current even now existent existing extant for the time being going on immediate in duration instant just now new now nowadays prompt started today topical under consideration up-to-date

Antonyms

STRONGEST

old old-fashioned

ADJECTIVE

working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alive busy employed engaged functioning running

STRONG

dynamic going laboring live moving operative

WEAK

effective hot in a job in force in full swing in gear on fire on the job on track practical useful viable

Antonyms

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idle inactive unemployed unengaged

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inoperative passive unoccupied

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in process

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a built in process that can remove existing amyloid plaques from the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease while also helping preserve memory and thinking ability.

From Science Daily ● May 2, 2026

KPop Demon Hunters songwriter Mark Sonnenblick says a sequel to Netflix's most-watched film is "in process".

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Davis’ mother is also the subject of an autobiographical novel, long in process, that is excerpted in the “Magnificent Product” catalog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

Today, a different convergence is in process and the two poles are not meeting in the middle.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2025

Once a journey is designed, equipped, and put in process; a new factor enters and takes over.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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