passive

Adjective

• expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
  • academics seem to favor passive sentences
    

• peacefully resistant in response to injustice
  • passive resistance
    

• lacking in energy or will
  • Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself- George Meredith
    

Noun

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
  • `The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice
    
  • `The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  peaceful , inactive , passive voice
• Antonyms: 
  active , active voice