Knowing and Operative

Knowing

Knowing adjective - Having inside information.

Operative and knowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operative" instead an adjective "Knowing".

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

Operative

Operative adjective - Being in effective operation.

Knowing and operative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knowing" instead an adjective "Operative".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / XCOM 2 They'll change their patrol paths specifically to trap a hidden operative into either staying still or blowing their cover despite not knowing of their existence, and they'll stop patrolling specifically to hang round that hidden operative if they get close enough.
  • In Serenity, Mal refuses to hand River over to the Operative, knowing he'll either kill her or send her back to the Academy for more Mind Raping.
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