English Explanatory Dictionary

kinetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to motion.
  2. Relating to kinesis or motor function.
  3. Relating to the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.
  4. Relating to the force driving life forward.
  5. Relating to active warfare or the use of lethal force.^([W])
  6. Frantic; busy.

Pronunciation

/kɪˈnɛtɪk/ /kaɪˈnɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kinetic.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-kinetic.wav [kɪˈnɛɾɪk] [kaɪˈnɛɾɪk] /kɪˈnetɪk/ /kɑeˈnetɪk/

Word forms

kinetic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

Synonyms

active animated dynamic vigorous motive motional ambulatory animate kinetic mobile motile movable vagile frenetic frenzied hectic

Antonyms

static lazy logic sluggish

Related words

cinema kinesis kinesthetic

Derived words

adipokinetic aerokinetic akinetic amphikinetic angiokinetic antikinetic arthrokinetic autokinetic biokinetic blastokinetic bradykinetic cardiokinetic chemokinetic cholecystokinetic cholekinetic cryokinetic cytokinetic diakinetic dikinetic dyskinetic echokinetic electrokinetic enterokinetic ferrokinetic gametokinetic gastrokinetic glossokinetic gyrokinetic haptokinetic holokinetic homokinetic hydrokinetic hyperkinetic hypokinetic hysterokinetic immunokinetic interkinetic isokinetic karyokinetic kennetic kineme kinetically kinetic architecture kinetic art kinetic energy kineticism kineticist kinetic novel kineticon kinetic sand kinetic scrolling kinetic sculpture kinetic temperature kinetic typography macrokinetic mechanokinetic mesokinetic metakinetic metallokinetic microkinetic
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