passive

pas-sive · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Accepting or allowing what happens without active response or resistance.

  2. 2.

    (Grammar) Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb.

  3. 3.

    Not participating actively or not taking an initiative.

Related words

Antonyms: active, aggressive, assertive
See also: active, inactive, submissive
Synonyms: inactive, receptive, submissive

Etymology

From Latin passivus meaning "capable of feeling or suffering," from pati (to suffer).