Other forms: dynamics
Dynamic means full of driving energy and constant change. A dynamic economy, a dynamic leader, a dynamic market.
In business writing it is used so freely that it has almost stopped meaning anything. In physics, dynamics is the study of motion under forces, against statics. In music, dynamics are the loud and quiet markings. As a noun, a dynamic is the pattern of forces in a relationship: a family dynamic, the dynamic between them — which is a genuinely useful and increasingly common sense. Note dynamism.
1adjectivedynamicFull of driving energy and constant change.
“She's a dynamic young manager who has transformed the company.”
synonyms: energetic, vigorous
2nounpatternThe pattern of forces in a relationship.
“The new teacher changed the whole dynamic of the class.”
dynamic is a quality of energy or a pattern of forces.
Also accepted in games: energetic
Greek dynamikos means powerful, from dynamis, power — the same root as dynamite and dynasty. Nobel named dynamite from it, and dynamic reached English through French physics.
Proto-Indo-European
*dewh₂-
French
dynamique
English, today
dynamic
Built from
From French dynamique. From French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (“powerful”), from δύναμις (“power”), from δύναμαι (“I am able”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Sharper Adjectives