SUPINE Antonyms

• tending to become more severe or wider in scope

• disposed to take action or effectuate change

• characterized by energetic activity

• exerting influence or producing a change or effect

• full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

• (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions

• expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:

• (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

• (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting

• (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt

• engaged in full-time work

• chemical agent capable of activity

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

• a person who is a participating member of an organization

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• taking part in an activity

• in operation

• engaged in or accustomed to close observation

• condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action

• a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• quick and energetic

• mentally perceptive and responsive

• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

• not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

• mentally perceptive and responsive

• stop sleeping

• possessing or exerting or displaying energy

• working hard to promote an enterprise

• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

• involved in military hostilities

• reserved in advance

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

• having services contracted for

• built against or attached to a wall

• pledged to be married

• (of fluids) not moving or flowing

• executed in or initiated from a standing position

• (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs

• social or financial or professional status or reputation

• an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

• the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

• having a supporting base

• not created for a particular occasion

• permanent

• upright in position or posture

• a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• a piano with a vertical sounding board

• in a vertical position; not sloping

• of moral excellence

• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

• relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

• upright in position or posture

• something that is oriented vertically

• a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)

• make ready for action or use

• call to arms; of military personnel

• get ready for war

• cause to move around

• having a tendency (to); often used in combination

• lying face downward

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• lying face downward

• get into a prostrate position, as in submission

• render helpless or defenseless

• throw down flat, as on the ground