| Main Entry: | élan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vivacity |
Synonyms: |
animation, ardor, brio, dash, esprit, flair, impetuosity, impetus, life, oomph, panache, spirit, style, verve, vigor, vim, zest, zing |
Antonyms: |
dullness, lifelessness |
| Main Entry: | élan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit |
Synonyms: |
animation, ardor, bounce, brio, dash, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, flair, liveliness, panache, sparkle, style, verve, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip |
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
Synonyms: |
action, ardor, bounce, brio, briskness, buoyancy, dash, dynamism, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, high spirits, life, oomph, passion, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vibrancy, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in oneself |
Synonyms: |
aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, brashness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, intrepidity, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resoluteness, resolution, self-possession, self-reliance, spirit, spunk, sureness, tenacity |
Antonyms: |
uncertainty, unconfidence |
| Main Entry: | courage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, braveness |
Synonyms: |
adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone, bravery, bravura, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, enterprise, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, pugnacity, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, stoutheartedness, temerity, tenacity, valor, venturesomeness, élan |
Antonyms: |
cowardice, faint-heartedness, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flair, style |
Synonyms: |
animation, birr, brio, energy, esprit, flourish, force, impressiveness, intensity, life, might, oomph, panache, power, spirit, strength, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zing, zip, éclat, élan |
Antonyms: |
drab, dullness, frumpiness |
| Main Entry: | éclat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style |
Synonyms: |
brio, dash, dynamism, flair, flourish, gusto, oomph, panache, pizzazz*, stylishness, verve, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, zest, zing, élan |
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
Synonyms: |
activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
Antonyms: |
idleness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, tiredness |
| Main Entry: | enthusiasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keen interest, excitement |
Synonyms: |
activity, ardency, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fieriness, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, impetuosity, intensity, interest, joy, joyfulness, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zealousness, zest, élan |
Antonyms: |
aloofness, apathy, coldness, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, vigor |
Synonyms: |
ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor, force, ginger, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep, punch*, radiance, red heat, scintillation, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat, zeal, zing, zip, élan |
Antonyms: |
apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness |