WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•ter•ac•tive
(in′tər ak′tiv),USA pronunciation adj.
in′ter•ac′tive•ly, adv.
- acting one upon or with the other.
- Telecommunicationsof or pertaining to a two-way system of electronic communications, as by means of television or computer:interactive communications between families using two-way cable television.
- Computing(of a computer program or system) interacting with a human user, often in a conversational way, to obtain data or commands and to give immediate results or updated information:For many years airline reservations have been handled by interactive computer systems.
- inter- + active 1825–35