operating

operating

adj

Definition of OPERATING

: of, relating to, or used for or in operations <operating expenses> <a hospital operating room>

Examples of OPERATING

1. <the only operating nuclear power plant in the state>

First Known Use of OPERATING

1808

Related to OPERATING

Synonyms: alive, functional, functioning, going, live, living, on, active, operational, operative, running, working

Antonyms: broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative

Related Words: effective, effectual; employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable; performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding; astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thriving

Near Antonyms: deactivated, decommissioned; ineffective, ineffectual, useless; inoperable, unusable, unworkable; arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating

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Rhymes with OPERATING

aggravating, calculating, carbon dating, fascinating, figure skating, in-line skating, maid-in-waiting, nauseating, open dating, penetrating, suffocating, titillating