- 3. Intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor.
- 4. Enterprise, efficiency, alert endeavor.
Actor, n.
- 1. Doer, operator, agent, participant.
- 2. Player, performer, comedian, tragedian, stage-player, dramatic artist, histrionic artist.
Actual, a.
- 1. Real, veritable, true, substantial, objective, determinate, decided, categorical, positive, absolute, certain,
genuine, very, not merely imagined, not imaginary, not merely supposed or fancied, not fictitious, that
exists in deed and in truth, de jure as well as de facto, ideal (in pregnant sense), really ideal, ideally
real, bona fide, thorough, thoroughgoing, in entelechy, entelechic.
- 2. Present, now existing, now in being, sensibly real, sensible, perceptible, de facto, in hard fact, at
this moment, here and now, just this present, un-ideal, in act, in actu, in process, energizing, energic,
in energy,
.Actually, ad. Really, truly, absolutely, positively, verily, indeed, in fact, in reality, as a matter of fact, in truth. See actual.
Actuary, n. Agent, superintendent, supervisor, overseer, clerk, registrar, computing manager, manager, executive agent.
Actuate, v. a. Induce, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, incite, act upon, prevail upon, work upon, urge, drive, dispose, incline.
Act upon.
- 1. Influence, effect, have influence upon.
- 2. Induce, actuate.
Act up to. Abide by, conform to, persist in, live up to, practise, carry out in practice, adhere to, be faithful to, fulfil.
Acumen, n. Acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness, sharpness, ingenuity, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, mother-wit, quick parts.
Acuminate, Acuminated, a. (Bot.) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.
Acute, a.
- 1. Sharp, pointed, acuminate, cuspidate.