Active
Active adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the abandoned factory had not been active for years
Productive and active are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Productive" instead an adjective "Active".
Productive
Productive adjective - Producing or capable of producing a desired result.
Usage example: panicking during a crisis is not productive behavior
Active and productive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Active" instead an adjective "Productive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
Both words in one sentence
- Guess many of her readers have grown up and moved on — she was most active in that productive period before Order of the Phoenix's publication.
Cite this Source
Productive and Active. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/productive
Active & Productive. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/productive>.
Productive or Active. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/productive.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "active" and "productive" have occurred on timeline