Operative
noun'ɑpə,reɪtɪv
Adjective
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
“operative dentistry”
Similar:Surgicalbeing in force or having or exerting force
“operative regulations”
“the major tendencies operative in the American political system”
effective; producing a desired effect
“the operative word”
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
Noun
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Type of:Agentsomeone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Type of:Detective
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Surgical
- Pi
- Shamus
- Sherlock
- Functional
- Running
- Working
- Postoperative
- Preoperative
- Functioning
- Operational
- Effective
- Good
- Operant
- Operating