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operative
Overview of noun operative
The noun operative has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative -- (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)
2. private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock -- (someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information)
Overview of adj operative
The adj operative has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) operative -- (being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system")
2. operative -- (of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery")
3. surgical, operative -- (relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry")
4. operative, key -- (effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word")
5. running, operative, functional, working -- ((of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun operative
2 senses of operative
Sense 1
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
=> detective
=> investigator
=> expert
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun operative
2 senses of operative
Sense 1
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent-in-place
=> agent provocateur, provocateur
=> bridge agent
=> case officer
=> codetalker, windtalker
=> foot
=> NOC
=> spy, undercover agent
=> walk-in
Sense 2
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
=> hotel detective, house detective, house dick
=> inquiry agent
=> store detective
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun operative
2 senses of operative
Sense 1
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent
Sense 2
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
=> detective
Antonyms of noun operative
Member Holonyms of noun operative
Substance Holonyms of noun operative
Part Holonyms of noun operative
Member Meronyms of noun operative
Substance Meronyms of noun operative
Part Meronyms of noun operative
Meronyms of noun operative
Holonyms of noun operative
Attributes of noun operative
Derived Forms of noun operative
Domain of noun operative
Domain Terms of noun operative
Familiarity of noun operative
operative used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun operative
2 senses of operative
Sense 1
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
> agent
=> business agent
=> literary agent
=> bailee
=> booker, booking agent
=> deputy, surrogate
=> employment agent
=> freight agent
=> government agent
=> handler
=> mill agent
=> next friend
=> parliamentary agent
=> proxy, placeholder, procurator
=> purchasing agent
=> secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> shipping agent
=> shopper
=> special agent
=> talent agent
=> universal agent, general agent
Sense 2
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
> detective
=> private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
=> sleuth, sleuthhound
Meronyms of noun operative
2 senses of operative
Sense 1
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
=> detective
=> investigator
=> expert
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun operative
Grep of noun operative
co-operative republic of guyana
cooperative
operative
operative field
Antonyms of adj operative
4 of 5 senses of operative
Sense 1
operative (vs. inoperative)
inoperative (vs. operative)
=> down
=> dead, defunct
Sense 3
surgical (vs. medical), operative
Sense 4
operative, key
INDIRECT (VIA significant) -> insignificant, unimportant
Sense 5
running(prenominal), operative, functional, working(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA functioning) -> malfunctioning, nonfunctional
Similarity of adj operative
5 senses of operative
Sense 1
operative (vs. inoperative)
=> operant
=> effective, good, in effect(predicate), in force(predicate)
=> operational, in operation(predicate), operating(prenominal)
=> working
Sense 2
operative
Pertains to noun operation (Sense 5)
=>operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
=> medical procedure
Sense 3
surgical (vs. medical), operative
=> preoperative
=> postoperative
Sense 4
operative, key
=> significant (vs. insignificant), important
Sense 5
running(prenominal), operative, functional, working(prenominal)
=> functioning (vs. malfunctioning)
Pertainyms of adj operative
1 of 5 senses of operative
Sense 2
operative
Pertains to noun operation (Sense 5)
=>operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
=> medical procedure
Attributes of adj operative
Domain of adj operative
Domain Terms of adj operative
Familiarity of adj operative
operative used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj operative
cooperative
inoperative
operative
postoperative
preoperative
uncooperative
Grep of adv operative
operatively
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