operative

operative is a valid 9-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does operative mean?

  • noun

    a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

  • adjective

    relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

  • noun

    someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

  • adjective

    (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

  • adjective

    being in force or having or exerting force

  • adjective

    effective; producing a desired effect

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