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Open   /ˈoʊpən/   Listen
Open

adjective
1.
Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.  Synonym: unfastened.  "They left the door open"  Antonym: shut.
2.
Affording free passage or access.  "The road is open to traffic" , "Open ranks"  Antonym: closed.
3.
With no protection or shield.  Synonym: exposed.  "Open to the weather" , "An open wound"
4.
Open to or in view of all.  "An open letter to the editor"
5.
Used of mouth or eyes.  Synonym: opened.  "His mouth slightly opened"  Antonym: closed.
6.
Not having been filled.
7.
Accessible to all.  "An open economy"
8.
Not defended or capable of being defended.  Synonyms: assailable, undefendable, undefended.  "Open to attack"
9.
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps.  Synonym: loose.  "A loose weave"
10.
Having no protecting cover or enclosure.  "An open fire" , "Open sports cars"
11.
(set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints.  Antonym: closed.
12.
Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought.  Synonyms: undecided, undetermined, unresolved.  "Our position on this bill is still undecided" , "Our lawsuit is still undetermined"
13.
Not sealed or having been unsealed.  Synonym: opened.  "The opened package lay on the table"
14.
Without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition.  "Her natural and open response"
15.
Ready or willing to receive favorably.  Synonym: receptive.  Antonym: unreceptive.
16.
Open and observable; not secret or hidden.  Synonym: overt.  "Overt hostility" , "Overt intelligence gathering" , "Open ballots"  Antonym: covert.
17.
Not requiring union membership.
18.
Possibly accepting or permitting.  Synonyms: capable, subject.  "Open to interpretation" , "An issue open to question" , "The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"
19.
Affording free passage or view.  Synonym: clear.  "A clear path to victory" , "Open waters" , "The open countryside"
20.
Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness.  Synonyms: candid, heart-to-heart.  "An open and trusting nature" , "A heart-to-heart talk"
21.
Ready for business.
verb
(past & past part. opened; pres. part. opening)
1.
Cause to open or to become open.  Synonym: open up.  Antonym: close.
2.
Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning.  Synonym: open up.  Antonym: close.
3.
Become open.  Synonym: open up.  Antonym: close.
4.
Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc..  Antonym: close.
5.
Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.  Synonyms: spread, spread out, unfold.  "Spread your arms"  Antonym: fold.
6.
Make available.  Synonym: open up.
7.
Become available.  Synonym: open up.
8.
Have an opening or passage or outlet.
9.
Make the opening move.
10.
Afford access to.  Synonyms: afford, give.  "The French doors give onto a terrace"
11.
Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer.  Antonym: close.
noun
1.
A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water.  Synonym: clear.
2.
Where the air is unconfined.  Synonyms: open air, out-of-doors, outdoors.  "The concert was held in the open air" , "Camping in the open"
3.
A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play.
4.
Information that has become public.  Synonym: surface.  "The facts had been brought to the surface"



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"Open" Quotes from Famous Books



... door,' he said, as he opened it, and was dazzled by a flood of light which nearly blinded him. Sight, which had been before but faint and dim, now became clear and open. He found himself in his old room of taste; but instead of the walls were crystal windows, and his table of fruits and food looked small in the midst of the vast space. He turned into his garden: ...
— Woodside - or, Look, Listen, and Learn. • Caroline Hadley
... magnificence of the Ottoman, whose hunting and hawking equipage was composed of seven thousand huntsmen and seven thousand falconers. [65] In their presence, and at his command, the belly of one of his chamberlains was cut open, on a complaint against him for drinking the goat's milk of a poor woman. The strangers were astonished by this act of justice; but it was the justice of a sultan who disdains to balance the weight of evidence, or to measure the degrees ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon
... had never been gathered together before. She would have youth, beauty, wit, genius; she would not trouble about wealth. She would admit no one who was not famous for some qualification or other—some grace of body or mind—some talent or great gift. The house should be open to talent of all kinds, but never open to anything commonplace. She would be the encourager of genius, the patroness of the fine arts, the ...
— Wife in Name Only • Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay)
... difficulty that Shakspere's line had been satisfactorily traced to AElian's[65] story of the Celtic practice of rushing into the sea to resist a high tide with weapons; and the matter must, I think, be left open until it can he ascertained whether the statement concerning the Celts was available to Shakspere ...
— Montaigne and Shakspere • John M. Robertson
... no one knows, or no one will say, from what direction it came. I shall go on with the inquiry, of course, and cross-examine every soul in Wyatt's Buildings. Meanwhile, I'm open to confess that ...
— The Quest of the Sacred Slipper • Sax Rohmer


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