participating

Actively getting involved

Participating means taking part in an activity or event.

The word emphasizes active involvement rather than mere presence: All participating students received certificates.

Someone participating in a discussion contributes to it; someone participating in a crime shares responsibility for it.

Thank you to everyone participating in today's workshop.

collaborative

teamwork

Joint effort toward shared aim

consensus · collective · joint · mutual · shared · cooperative · communal · contributing · coordinating · collaborating

engaged

involved

Participating or complicated

responsive · absorbed · immersed · focused · eager · motivated · dedicated · enthusiastic · invested · passionate

active

competing

Contending for victory

contestant · training · performance · effort · endurance · striving · race · tournament · sportsmanship · exercise

joining

enrollment

Act of registering officially

registering · affiliation · initiation · enlistment · arriving · appearing · RSVP · gathering

Categories
Opposites
active engagement

participatingnonparticipating

Not joining in

observing · watching · spectating · abstaining · uninvolved

inclusion status

participatingexcluded

Shut out, denied entry

barred · shut out · left out · uninvited · sidelined

inclusion/membership

participatingexcluded

Shut out, denied entry

nonparticipant · outsider · barred · left out · shut out

Phrases
Family

participation, participative, participations, nonparticipation

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G