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high-spirited - 15 thesaurus results
Main Entry: courageous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brave, bold
Synonyms: Spartan, adventurous, assured, audacious, cool, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fiery, gallant, game, gritty*, gutsy*, hardy, heroic, high-spirited, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, martial, nervy, plucky*, resolute, stalwart, stouthearted, strong, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, Trojan, adventuresome, fire-eating, impavid, red-blooded*, stand tall, venturous
Antonyms: cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, weak, faint-hearted, fearing
Main Entry: ebullient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enthusiastic
Synonyms: agitated, brash, buoyant, chipper*, effervescent, effusive, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, frothy*, gushing, high-spirited, irrepressible, vivacious, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, in high spirits, zestful
Antonyms: apathetic, disinterested, unenthusiastic
Main Entry: frisky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: full of spirit
Synonyms: active, antic, bouncy, coltish, dashing, feeling one's oats, frolicsome, full of beans*, gamesome, high-spirited, in high spirits, jumpy, kittenish*, larkish, lively, peppy, playful, prankish, rollicking, romping, spirited, sportive, wicked, zesty, zippy
Antonyms: depressed, down, lifeless
Main Entry: lighthearted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: carefree, untroubled
Synonyms: blithe, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky*, high-spirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile, blithesome, feelgood, lightsome
Antonyms: depressed, troubled, upset, worried, heavy-hearted
Main Entry: spirited
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lively, vivacious
Synonyms: active, alert, animate, animated, ardent, audacious, avid, bold, brave, bright, burning, courageous, dauntless, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, fearless, fiery, game, gritty, gutsy*, high-spirited, hot, intrepid, jumping, keen, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, peppy, plucky, resolute, sharp, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, spunky, vigorous, zealous, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, full of life, gingery, hyper, rocking, zappy, zesty, zingy
Antonyms: apathetic, depressed, dispirited, lazy, lethargic, unhappy, unlively
Main Entry: spunky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: spirited
Synonyms: active, alert, animated, bold, brave, courageous, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, fearless, fiery, game, gritty, gutsy*, high-spirited, peppy, plucky, snappy, sprightly, tough, vigorous, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, full of life, full of spirit, zesty
Main Entry: valiant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brave
Synonyms: adventurous, assertive, audacious, bold, chivalrous, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, game, grand, great, gritty*, gutsy*, heroic, high-spirited, indomitable, intrepid, magnanimous, nervy*, noble, plucky*, powerful, redoubtable, self-reliant, spunky*, stalwart, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, strong-willed, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, venturesome, vigorous, worthy, fire-eating, gutty, lion-hearted, puissant, undismayed, venturous
Antonyms: afraid, cowardly
Main Entry: vivacious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lively, spirited
Synonyms: active, alert, animate, animated, brash, breezy, bubbling, cheerful, ebullient, effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, gay, happy, high-spirited, jolly, jumping, keen, lighthearted, merry, playful, scintillating, sparkling, sportive, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, vibrant, vital, bouncy, full of life, rocking, zesty
Antonyms: boring, dispirited, dull, unattractive, unhappy
Main Entry: exuberant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: energetic, enthusiastic
Synonyms: animated, ardent, bouncy, brash, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, eager, ebullient, effervescent, elated, excited, exhilarated, feeling one's oats, frolicsome, gay, high-spirited, lively, passionate, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious, zappy, zestful, zingy, zippy*
Antonyms: depressed, discouraged, lifeless, unenthusiastic, unexcited
Main Entry: active
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very involved in activity
Synonyms: aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, high-spirited, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous, bustling, enlivened, fireball, hard-working, hyper, on the move
Notes: active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
Antonyms: disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet
Main Entry: bubbly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vivacious
Synonyms: animated, bubbling, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, full of beans*, high-spirited, lively, peppy*, perky, sparkling, spirited, vibrant, full of life, zesty
Antonyms: dull, listless
Main Entry: effervescent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enthusiastic, vivacious
Synonyms: animated, brash, bubbly, buoyant, ebullient, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, hilarious, irrepressible, jolly, joyous, lively, merry, mirthful, sprightly, vital, bouncy, in high spirits, zingy
Antonyms: dull, inactive, serious, sober, unenthusiastic
Main Entry: elastic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: adaptable, tolerant
Synonyms: accommodating, adjustable, airy, animated, buoyant, complaisant, compliant, ebullient, effervescent, expansive, flexible, gay, high-spirited, lively, resilient, soaring, spirited, sprightly, supple, variable, vivacious, volatile, yielding, bouncy, recuperative
Antonyms: difficult, inflexible, intolerant, unadaptable, ungiving
Main Entry: airy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: buoyant, light, or lively in nature
Synonyms: animated, blithe, cheerful, cheery, effervescent, elastic, fanciful, flippant, frolicsome, gay, graceful, happy, high-spirited, jaunty, light, merry, nonchalant, resilient, sprightly, volatile, whimsical, bouncy, light-hearted
Antonyms: burdensome, heavy
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