Words Like OPERATIVE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to OPERATIVE.

13 Alternative Words Similar to operative

1 Key Adjective      Synonym Words Like Key
2 Running Adjective      Synonym Words Like Running
3 Effective Adjective      Similar Words Like Effective
4 Good Adjective      Similar Words Like Good
5 Important Adjective      Similar Words Like Important
6 Significant Adjective      Similar Words Like Significant
7 Noc Noun      Hyponym
8 Windtalker Noun      Hyponym
9 Foot Noun      Hyponym Words Like Foot
10 Spy Noun      Hyponym Words Like Spy
11 Provocateur Noun      Hyponym
12 Codetalker Noun      Hyponym
13 Inoperation Adjective      Equivalent

7 examples of operative

1 an operative motive; operative laws
2 an operative dose, rule, or penalty
3 operative surgery
4 a surgical procedure
5 operative dentistry
6 a functional set of brakes
7 the major tendencies operative in the American political system

10 definitions of operative

1 Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
2 Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; effective.
3 Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations.
4 A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
5 One who acts as an agent of another, especially a detective or spy.
6 someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
7 effective; producing a desired effect
8 relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
9 a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
10 (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
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