Definitions:

1. expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb adjective
   • academics seem to favor passive sentences
2. lacking in energy or will adjective
   • Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself George Meredith
3. peacefully resistant in response to injustice adjective
   • passive resistance
4. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb noun
   • `The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice

Synonyms:

• inactive
• passive voice
• peaceful

NearBy Words:

• passively
• passiveness