interactive
/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/US/ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/
interactive adjective: interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.
Adjective
interactive (comparative more interactive, superlative most interactive)
- Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.
- interactive teaching methods
- two interactive systems
- Offering or involving interaction with the user.
- an interactive digital map with zoom and pan features
Noun
interactive (plural interactives)
- A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
- The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification).2009 June 26, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times
interactive meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
interactive in Tamil
- ஒன்றையொன்று, ஒருவரையொருவர் பாதிக்கவல்ல, ஒரு பயனரிடம் தொடர்பில் இருத்தல், ஊடாடும், அளவளாவும்
interactive in Bengali
- মিথস্ক্রিয়ামূলক, পারস্পরিক ক্রিয়াশীল
interactive in Malayalam
- responding to the user
- സംവേദനാത്മക saṁvēdanātmaka
interactive in Kannada
- ಒಡನಾಡುವ
More languagesFewer languages
- interactive in Indonesian
- interaktif
- interactive in Persian
- تعاملی ta'âmoli
Examples of interactive in a sentence
- Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
- Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
- The PHP programming language is part of the technology stack of many interactive websites.
Forms of interactive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more interactive |
| superlative | most interactive |
| Noun | |
| plural | interactives |
Origin of interactive
From inter- + active.
Words formed from interactive
Phrases with interactive
Words that rhyme with interactive
- active
- inactive
- reactive
- attractive
- extractive
- protractive
- abstractive
- factive
- hyperactive
- radioactive
- subtractive
- unattractive
14 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about interactive
- What does interactive mean?
- Interactive means interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.
- What is interactive in Tamil?
- Interactive in Tamil is ஒன்றையொன்று, ஒருவரையொருவர் பாதிக்கவல்ல, ஒரு பயனரிடம் தொடர்பில் இருத்தல். See Interactive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is interactive?
- Interactive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce interactive?
- Interactive is pronounced /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near interactive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interactive (page history and authors); interactive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Interactive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interactive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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