operative
NOUNADJECTIVE
/ɑpə,reɪtɪv/
9 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O
operative is a valid 9-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1P3E1R1A1T1I1V4E1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING
What does operative mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A person secretly employed in espionage for a government.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1
Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine.
“operative dentistry”
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
RELATED
2
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
RELATED
3
Being in force or having or exerting force.
“operative regulations”
“the major tendencies operative in the American political system”
ANTONYMS
SIMILAR
4
Effective; producing a desired effect.
“the operative word”
SIMILAR
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