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| Main Entry: | enthusiasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keen interest, excitement |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, intensity, interest, joy, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph*, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat*, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zest, ardency, fieriness, impetuosity, joyfulness, zealousness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness, aloofness, coldness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alacrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; promptness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, avidity, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor, gaiety, hilarity, quickness, readiness, speed, willingness, zeal, briskness, joyousness, promptitude, sprightliness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | élan, action, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, dash, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, life, oomph*, passion, pep*, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zeal, zest, zing*, zip*, brio, briskness, dynamism, high spirits, sprightliness, vibrancy |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | craze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fad, strong interest |
| Synonyms: | chic, cry, enthusiasm, fashion, fever, furor, infatuation, kick*, mania, mode, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, trend, vogue, wrinkle, in thing, monomania, newest wrinkle, the last word, the latest thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delirium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ardor, dementia, derangement, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fervor, fever, frenzy, furor, fury, hallucination, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, mania, passion, rage, raving, transport, zeal |
| Antonyms: | balance, calmness, saneness |
| Main Entry: | devotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commitment; loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, adoration, affection, allegiance, ardor, attachment, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, earnestness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, fealty, fervor, fidelity, fondness, intensity, love, observance, passion, piety, reverence, sanctity, service, sincerity, spirituality, worship, zeal, devotedness, devotement, devoutness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, carelessness, indifference, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | earnestness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determination; seriousness |
| Synonyms: | absorption, ardor, concentration, decision, deliberation, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, firmness, gravity, intensity, keenness, passion, perseverance, persistence, resolution, resolve, sincerity, sobriety, solemnity, stress, tenacity, urgency, vehemence, warmth, zeal, attentiveness, engrossment, intentness, purposefulness, serious-mindedness |
| Antonyms: | flippancy, insincerity, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | ecstasy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bliss |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, blessedness, cool*, delight, delirium, ebullience, elation, enchantment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, felicity, fervor, frenzy, gladness, happiness, heaven, inspiration, intoxication, joy, paradise, rapture, seventh heaven*, trance, transport, twilight zone*, delectation, joyfulness, ravishment, rhapsody |
| Notes: | enstasy means 'to stand inside the self'; ecstasy means 'to stand outside the ordinary self' |
| Antonyms: | despair, sorrow, torment, trouble, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
| Synonyms: | bliss, buoyancy, buzz, charge, cloud nine*, delight, ecstasy, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high, high spirits, intoxication, jollies, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, kick*, kicks, rapture, stars in one's eyes, transport, triumph, up*, upper* |
| Antonyms: | depression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fanaticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | bias, bigotry, dedication, devotion, dogma, enthusiasm, faction, frenzy, hatred, infatuation, injustice, intolerance, madness, obstinacy, partiality, passion, prejudice, rage, stubbornness, superstition, tenacity, transport, violence, zeal, abandonment, arbitrariness, contumacy, extremism, illiberality, immoderation, incorrigibility, monomania, obsessiveness, partisanship, single-mindedness, unfairness, unreasonableness, unruliness, willfulness, zealotry |
| Antonyms: | impartiality, disinterest, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | furor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, excitement |
| Synonyms: | ado*, agitation, bustle, commotion, craze, enthusiasm, fad, ferment, flap*, free-for-all*, frenzy, fury, fuss, hullabaloo*, hysteria, lunacy, madness*, mania, outburst, outcry, rage, row, ruckus, stir*, to-do*, tumult, uproar, whirl, big scene, big stink, hell broke loose |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | initiative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eagerness to do something |
| Synonyms: | action, ambition, drive, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, gumption*, leadership, moxie*, originality, punch, push, resource, spunk*, steam*, vigor, dynamism, get-up-and-go, inventiveness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, lethargy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | animus, approach, awakening, brainstorm*, creativity, elevation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exaltation, fancy, flash*, genius, hunch*, illumination, impulse, incentive, influence, insight, motivation, motive, muse, notion, revelation, rumble, spark, spur, stimulation, thought, vision, whim, afflatus, arousal, brainchild, deep think, inflatus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mania |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ax to grind*, bee*, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, frenzy, furor, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, obsession, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger*, bee in bonnet, bug in ear, craziness, fixed idea, grabber, monomania, on the brain, tiger by the tail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | attraction, ax to grind*, case*, complex, compulsion, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind*, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, thing*, bug in ear, concrete idea, something on the brain, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | optimism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of having positive beliefs |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, assurance, brightness, buoyancy, calmness, certainty, cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, easiness, elation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exhilaration, expectation, happiness, rose-colored glasses*, trust, good cheer, hopefulness, idealism, looking on bright side, positivism, sanguineness, sureness |
| Antonyms: | doubt, gloom, pessimism, hopelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rapture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness and delight in something |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, bliss, buoyancy, cheer, cloud nine*, communion, contentment, cool*, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glory, gratification, heaven, inspiration, joy, jubilation, nirvana, paradise, passion, pleasure, satisfaction, seventh heaven*, spell, transport, well-being, at-oneness, delectation, elysium, good spirits, ravishment, rhapsody |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness |
| Synonyms: | élan, dash, drive, energy, enthusiasm, go, gusto, life, oomph*, pep, pizzazz, punch, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zest, zip, brio, get-up-and-go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | positive thinking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive attitude |
| Synonyms: | cheerfulness, enthusiasm, optimism, silver lining, Pollyannaism, bright outlook, bullishness, great expectations, hopefulness, rosy outlook |
| Main Entry: | vivacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness |
| Synonyms: | animation, enthusiasm, gusto, vim, zest, elan, gayety, sprightliness, vivaciousness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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