Phrase Hound found 72 phrases and 18 compound words that contain passive. The most common are listed below. Open passive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 72
- passive-aggressiveShowing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.
- passive smokingThe involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke by a non-smoker due to the proximity to a smoker.
- passive vocabularyThe words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.
- passive incomeAn income that is made using little to no effort, such as pension income, rent, or interest, as opposed to normal employment.
- passive voiceThe form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.
- passive matrixA form of liquid crystal display in which the pixels must maintain their state without active driving circuitry until they are next refreshed, contrasted with active matrix.
- passive participleA participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the passive voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the patient of the action denoted by the verb.
- passive euthanasiaA form of euthanasia where equipment or procedures used to sustain someone's life is halted.
- passive resistancenoncompliance with an authority as a form of protest against injustice, as by fasting, peaceful demonstration, or refusal to cooperate
- passive attackAn attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext.
- passive investorAn investor in a business who by agreement or otherwise can not take an active role in the management of the business.
- passive solarMaking direct use of solar energy without first converting it to another form such as electricity.
- passive-aggressionPassive-aggressive behavior.
- passive learningA method of learning and instruction that involves the one-sided transmission of information from instructor to student, where learners absorb knowledge without active engagement or feedback.
- passive radarA receive-only radar that uses ambient radio signals for search, tracking, surveillance, identification, guidance and mapping.
- passive smokeSmoke that has been involuntarily inhaled due to passive smoking.
- passive speakerA person—often a heritage speaker—with high-level or native-like passive comprehension skills, but weak or low level active speaking skills.
- passive suffrageThe constitutional right of a citizen to run for and be elected to public office.
- passive smokerA non-smoker that suffers the consequences of tobacco due to inhalation of smoke from nearby smokers.
- passive immunityThe translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies.
- pseudo-passiveAlternative spelling of pseudopassive: A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
- passive smokersplural of passive smoker: A non-smoker that suffers the consequences of tobacco due to inhalation of smoke from nearby smokers.
- passive restraintA device such as an airbag that is automatically deployed when needed to protect the occupant.
- passive restraintsplural of passive restraint: A device such as an airbag that is automatically deployed when needed to protect the occupant.
- medio-passiveAlternative form of mediopassive: Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.
Compound words 18
- passivityThe state of being passive.
- impassiveHaving, or revealing, no emotion.
- pseudopassiveA construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
- antipassiveRelating to the antipassive voice.
- neutropassiveThe past perfect tense of a neuter (intransitive) verb which is formed by a passive participle.
- unpassiveNot passive.
- interpassiveHaving the quality of interpassivity.
- passivisticOf or related to passivism.
- passivizationThe process of rendering into the passive form.
- passivistOne who adopts a passive approach, or passivism.