Activeness

ac·tive  (ktv)

adj.

1. Being in physical motion: active fish in the aquarium.

2. Functioning or capable of functioning.

3.

a. Marked by energetic activity; busy: active stock and bond markets; spent an active day sightseeing.

b. Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy: an active workout at the gym.

4.

a. Being in a state of action; not quiescent: active hostilities along the border.

b. Erupting or liable to erupt; not dormant: an active volcano.

5.

a. Marked by or involving direct participation: took an active interest in politics; played an active role on the committee.

b. Currently in use or effect: an active membership.

c. Openly acknowledged or expressed: an active dislike of the new neighbors.

6. Producing an intended action or effect: active ingredients.

7. Grammar

a. Indicating that the subject of the sentence is performing or causing the action expressed by the verb. Used of a verb form or voice.

b. Expressing action rather than a state of being. Used of verbs such as run, speak, and move.

8. Producing profit, interest, or dividends: active accounts; active stocks.

9. Electronics

a. Being a source of electrical energy, as a generator.

b. Capable of converting or amplifying voltages or currents, as a diode or transistor.

10. Being on full military duty and receiving full pay.

n.

1. Grammar

a. The active voice.

b. A construction or form in the active voice.

2. A participating member of an organization: union actives.

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[Middle English actif, from Old French, from Latin ctvus, from ctus, past participle of agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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active·ly adv.

active·ness n.

Synonyms: active, energetic, dynamic, vigorous, lively
These adjectives mean engaged in activity. Active means moving, doing, or functioning: an active toddler; an active imagination; saw active service in the army.
Energetic suggests sustained enthusiastic activity: an energetic competitor.
Dynamic connotes energy and forcefulness that often inspires others: a dynamic leader.
Vigorous implies healthy strength and robustness: a vigorous crusader against drunk driving.
Lively suggests animated alertness: a lively interest in politics.

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Activeness 

See Also: ALERTNESS, BEHAVIOR, BUSINESS, ENERGY, ENTHUSIASM, EXCITEMENT, MOVEMENT, PERSONALITY PROFILES

1. About as active as a left-over fly in January —Anon
2. About as animated as a suit on a hanger —Elyse Sommer
3. (This region was as) active as a compost heap —Julia O’Faolain
4. Active as the sun —Isaac Watts
5. Alive as a vision of life to be —Algernon Charles Swinburne
6. (He looks) dead as a stump —Pat Conroy

   In Conroy’s novel, The Prince of Tides, a character hearing someone described as above disagrees with another simile: “On the contrary, I think he looks as though he could rise up and whistle a John Philip Sousa march.”

7. Frisky as a frisbee —Helen Hudson
8. Frisky as a colt —Geoffrey Chaucer
9. He was behaving as though the party were his: like an energetic octopus, he was shaking martinis, making introductions, manipulating the phonograph —Truman Capote
10. He is like a moving light, never still. He has the temperature and metabolism of a bird —Joy Williams
11. He [James Cagney] was like fireworks going off —Television obituary, 1986
12. Lively as a boy, kind like a fairy godfather —Robert Louis Stevenson
13. Lively as a weasel —Wallace Stegner
14. Lusty as June —Wallace Stevens
15. Mechanically animated, like the masterwork of some fiendishly inventive undertaker —Sharon Sheehe Stark
16. Pert as a sparrow —Walker Percy
17. (She had) rolled up her sleeves with all the vigor of a first-class cook confronting a brand-new kitchen —Mary McCarthy
18. She is active and strong as little lionesses —William James

    From a letter describing the energy of women in Dresden, July 24, 1867.

19. She was like a strong head wind —Marguerite Young
20. Simmering … like a coal fire in the Welsh mines —Marvin Kittman about British actor Roy Marsden whose popularity thus simmers “in the collective unconscious of the American public” and bursts into flame whenever he makes an appearance in a new British import, Newsday, March 27, 1987
21. Small and sprightly, like a bantam hen —Truman Capote
22. Sprightly as a Walt Disney cricket —Jean Thompson
23. Tireless as a spider —Eudora Welty
24. Vibrant as an E string —Carl Van Vechten

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	activeness - the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" action, activity state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" agency - the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency" busyness, hum - the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation" behaviour, behavior - the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments" eructation, extravasation, eruption - (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) operation - the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation" overdrive - the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive" play - a state in which action is feasible; "the ball was still in play"; "insiders said the company's stock was in play" swing - a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things" inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive
	2.	activeness - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" activity trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification, animation - quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous pizzaz, pizzazz, zing, oomph, dynamism - the activeness of an energetic personality inertia, inactiveness, inactivity - a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"