operative
1. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
• Syn:
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent
• Hypernyms:
agent
• Hyponyms:
agent-in-place, agent provocateur, provocateur, bridge agent, case officer,
case officer, windtalker, foot, NOC, spy,
undercover agent, walk-in
2. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
• Syn:
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock
• Hypernyms:
detective
• Hyponyms:
hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, store detective
1. being in force or having or exerting force (Freq. 1)
- operative regulations
- the major tendencies operative in the American political system
• Ant:
inoperative
• Similar to:
operant, effective, good, in effect, in force,
operational, in operation, operating, working
2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
- a surgical appendix
- a surgical procedure
- operative dentistry
• Syn:
surgical
• Ant:
medical (for: surgical)
• Similar to:
preoperative, postoperative
• Derivationally related forms:
operate, operation, surgery (for: surgical)
3. effective;
producing a desired effect
- the operative word
• Similar to:
significant, important
4. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- in running (or working) order
- a functional set of brakes
• Syn:
running, functional, working
• Similar to:
functioning
• Derivationally related forms:
functionality (for: functional), operate
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