Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dynamic

1 sense of dynamic

Sense 1
moral force, dynamic -- (an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches")
       => incentive, inducement, motivator -- (a positive motivational influence)

Antonyms of adj dynamic

2 of 3 senses of dynamic

Sense 1
dynamic (vs. undynamic), dynamical -- (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm")

undynamic (vs. dynamic), adynamic -- (characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness)
        => backward -- (having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country")
        => stagnant, moribund -- (not growing or changing; without force or vitality)

Sense 3
active (vs. stative), dynamic -- ((used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being)


Similarity of adj dynamic

3 senses of dynamic

Sense 1
dynamic (vs. undynamic), dynamical -- (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm")
       => can-do -- (marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done; "a can-do kind of person"; "the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit")
       => changing, ever-changing -- (marked by continuous change or effective action)
       => driving, impulsive -- (having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force")
       => energizing, energising, kinetic -- (supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor)
       => high-octane, high-powered, high-power, high-voltage, high-energy -- (vigorously energetic or forceful; "a high-octane sales manager"; "a high-octane marketing plan"; "high-powered executives"; "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur")
       => projectile -- (impelling or impelled forward; "a projectile force"; "a projectile missile")
       => propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive -- (tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought")
       => self-propelled, self-propelling -- (moved forward by its own force or momentum; "a self-propelled egotist"; "the arms program is now self-propelled")
       => slashing -- (as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza")
          Also See-> energetic#1

Sense 2
dynamic -- (of or relating to dynamics)

Sense 3
active (vs. stative), dynamic -- ((used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being)