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being in effective operation please don't leave the sanding machine on if you're not going to be near it Synonyms alive, functional, functioning, going, live, living, active, operating, operational, operative, running, workingRelated Words effective, effectual; employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable; performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding; astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thrivingNear Antonyms deactivated, decommissioned; ineffective, ineffectual, useless; inoperable, unusable, unworkable; arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetatingAntonyms broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative

1 toward a point ahead in space or time we really must move on now if we're going to end this meeting before midnight Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, onwardNear Antonyms backward (or backwards)

2 toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time he's getting on in years and doesn't see or hear as well as he used to Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, forwards, along, onward (also onwards)Related Words before, fore, frontward (or frontwards)Near Antonyms back, backward (or backwards), behind, rearward (also rearwards)

1 having to do with books on sports heroes are my favorite reading matter Synonyms apropos, apropos of, as far as, as for, as regards (also as respects), as to, concerning, of, about, regarding, respecting, touching, toward (or towards)Related Words over

2 in or into contact with don't lean on that ladder—you'll knock it over Synonyms against, uponRelated Words alongside, next, next to; upside