operative
English Thesaurus
1. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | detective, |
| definition | : | an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | inquiry agent, |
| definition | : | a private detective (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | store detective, |
| definition | : | a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage (noun.person) |
2. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | agent, |
| definition | : | a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | agent-in-place, |
| definition | : | an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bridge agent, |
| definition | : | an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | case officer, |
| definition | : | an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | codetalker, windtalker, |
| definition | : | a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | foot, |
| definition | : | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | noc, |
| definition | : | an undercover agent who is given no official cover (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | spy, undercover agent, |
| definition | : | (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | walk-in, |
| definition | : | an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum (noun.person) |
3. being in force or having or exerting force (adj.all)
| similar | : | operant, |
| definition | : | having influence or producing an effect (adj.all) |
| similar | : | working, |
| definition | : | serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity (adj.all) |
4. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (adj.all)
| similar | : | functioning, |
| definition | : | performing or able to perform its regular function (adj.all) |
5. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adj.all)
| similar | : | preoperative, |
| definition | : | happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation (adj.all) |
| similar | : | postoperative, |
| definition | : | happening or done after a surgical operation (adj.all) |
6. effective; producing a desired effect (adj.all)
7. being in force or having or exerting force (adj.all)
| antonym | : | inoperative, |
| definition | : | not working or taking effect (adj.all) |
8. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (adj.all)
| derivation | : | functionality, |
| definition | : | capable of serving a purpose well (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | control, operate, |
| definition | : | handle and cause to function (verb.contact) |
9. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adj.all)
| antonym | : | medical, |
| definition | : | requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | surgery, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun.cognition) |
10. being in force or having or exerting force (adj.all)
| antonym | : | inoperative, |
| definition | : | not working or taking effect (adj.all) |
11. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (adj.all)
| derivation | : | functionality, |
| definition | : | capable of serving a purpose well (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | control, operate, |
| definition | : | handle and cause to function (verb.contact) |
12. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adj.all)
| antonym | : | medical, |
| definition | : | requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | surgery, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun.cognition) |
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