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operating

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of operating

being in effective operation

the only operating nuclear power plant in the state

Synonyms of operating

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

Words Related to operating

effective, effectual

employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable

performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding

astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thriving

Phrases Synonymous with operating

in commission (or into commision), in force, in gear, on line

Near Antonyms of operating

deactivated, decommissioned

ineffective, ineffectual, useless

inoperable, unusable, unworkable

arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating

Antonyms of operating

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

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