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interactive

interactive

98 4.0
Allow people to take part and respond, often using technology
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪn.təˈræk.tɪv/
translation icon : interactivo
  • The interactive exhibit allowed visitors to explore the science of sound through touch and movement.
  • interactive learning
  • interactive teaching
  • an interactive app

But it felt so much more interactive and like, yeah, so much more fun.

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Examples

  • It's an interactive game where you can see the world through the eyes of a child.

  • Many of these apps contain interactive stories, along with factual information, videos, and games.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But it felt so much more interactive and like, yeah, so much more fun.

  • And but we think our app is much more interactive with individuals.

  • - Okay, awesome, it's really interactive, so it gets the audience involved, in what we're doing, which, I think, is really gonna help us.

  • Media X brings together academic researchers and industry partners to study interactive communications and technology.

    Academic text (2008)
  • For many of these applications, our interactive interface allows the user to receive feedback in seconds.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The show revamped as a live and interactive stage performance.

  • Students can benefit from meaningful creative performances and interactive, spontaneous musical conversations without the aid of notation.

    Academic text (1999)
  • What I'm doing, Dave, is developing the ultimate user-friendly, interactive public guide to the gallery.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

communicative
vsinteractive
4 4.2

Relating to sharing information and feelings by speaking or writing

allows active response and joint working, not only simple information exchange
participative
vsinteractive
1 5.3

Involving many people in a decision or activity

enables active communication and response, not only group participation
interactional
vsinteractive
1 6.7

Relating to communication and how people or things affect each other

allows active two-way communication and cooperation, often using technology

Antonyms

111 3.9

Not taking action or trying to change what happens

20 4.7

Not reacting to touch, sound, or commands

Compounds

1 4.6

A computer system using text, pictures, and sound that lets users choose what to see or do

A system that lets people interact with text, sound, pictures, and video

A science activity where people do hands-on tests to learn

How Interactive

participatory
12 5.7
collaborative
49 4.5
interactive
98 4.0
responsive
  • Texting
15 3.5
static
45 3.8

Surface Forms

interactive positive

Morphology

interactive = interact (transparent) = inter + act + ive

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ive' to the clear verb 'interact', yielding the expected meaning 'characterized by interaction'.

Etymology

Interactive comes from inter- 'between' and act 'do', like in action. So an interactive program, exhibit, or lesson lets people respond, talk, or work together with it.