OPERATIVE
Scrabble letter values: O1P3E1R1A1T1I1V4E1 = 14
Definition
- noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government. — synonyms: secret_agent, intelligence_officer, intelligence_agent
- noun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information. — synonyms: private_detective, PI, private_eye, private_investigator, shamus, sherlock
- adjective being in force or having or exerting force.
- adjective relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine. — synonyms: surgical
- adjective effective.
- adjective (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing. — synonyms: running(a), functional, working(a)
Examples
- “operative regulations”
- “the major tendencies operative in the American political system”
- “a surgical appendix”