1. operative - noun
· a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Synonym(s): secret_agent, intelligence_officer, intelligence_agent
Hypernym(s): agent
2. operative - noun
· someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Synonym(s): private_detective, PI, private_eye, private_investigator, shamus, sherlock
Hypernym(s): detective
3. operative - adjective
· being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
Antonym(s): inoperative
4. operative - adjective
· relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
Synonym(s): surgical
5. operative - adjective
· effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
6. operative - adjective
· (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
Synonym(s): running, functional, working
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