operating

The word “operating” has 4 syllables: o-per-at-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈɑː.pəˌreɪ.tɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for operating?

In the thesaurus, “operating” has 105 synonyms and 40 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for operating along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for operating

acting
active
administering
administrating
affecting
alive
applying
astir
behaving
bringing to bear
bustling
busy
cannibalizing
carrying on
co-directing
co-managing
codirecting
comanaging
commanding
conducting
controlling
directing
drawing on
drawing upon
driving
dynamic
effective
effectual
employable
employing
exercising
exploiting
flourishing
functional
functioning
going
governing
guarding
guiding
handling
harnessing
humming
in commission
in force
in gear
influencing
into commission
keeping
leading
live
living
making use of
managing
maneuvering
manipulating
micromanaging
minding
on
on line
operable
operational
operative
overlooking
overseeing
panning out
performing
piloting
plying
producing
productive
protecting
reacting
recycling
redounding
regulating
responding
resulting
reusing
roaring
running
safeguarding
serving
stage-managing
steering
stewarding
superintending
supervising
swaying
taking
taking effect
taking hold
tending
thriving
usable
useable
useful
using
utilizing
viable
watching
watching over
wielding
workable
working
yielding

Antonyms for operating

arrested
asleep
backfiring
broken
deactivated
dead
decommissioned
dormant
fallow
fizzling
idle
ignoring
inactive
ineffective
ineffectual
inert
inoperable
inoperative
kaput
kaputt
latent
lifeless
misapplying
misusing
neglecting
nonactivated
nonfunctional
nonfunctioning
nonoperating
nonoperational
nonoperative
nonproductive
quiescent
sleepy
stagnating
unproductive
unusable
unworkable
useless
vegetating

Meanings of operating

verb
1. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
4. To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
6. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
7. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
adjective
1. In operation; that operates.
2. Involved in an operation.

Example Sentences

The team is responsible for operating the new machinery safely.
She spent the morning operating complex medical equipment.
The factory has been operating at full capacity all year.
Engineers are operating the system remotely to fix the issue.
He has years of experience operating heavy construction vehicles.

On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to operating, such as: acting, active, administering, administrating, affecting, alive, applying.

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