| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spring |
Synonyms: |
animation, bound, dynamism, elasticity, energy, give, go, life, liveliness, pep, rebound, recoil, resilience, springiness, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zip |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
Synonyms: |
backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, fly back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evict |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw |
Antonyms: |
allow, let in, permit |
| 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: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from service |
Synonyms: |
boot, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out |
Antonyms: |
hire |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
Synonyms: |
balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and flow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
Synonyms: |
ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out |
| Main Entry: | bump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collide, hit, usually with sound |
Synonyms: |
bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, carom, clap, clatter, crack, crash, impinge, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, pat, plop, plunk, pound, punch, rap, rattle, shake, slam, slap, smack, smash into, strike, thud, thump, thunder, thwack, whack |
| Main Entry: | buoyancy/buoyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lightness in spirit |
Synonyms: |
animation, bounce, cheerfulness, cheeriness, ebullience, effervescence, exuberance, gaiety, good feeling, good humor, happiness, high spirits, jollity, liveliness, pep, spiritedness, sunniness, vim and vigor, zing, zip |
Antonyms: |
blues, depression, heaviness |