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| Main Entry: | inspired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulated |
| Synonyms: | animated, encouraged, excited, exhilarated, influenced, moved, started, activated, energized, galvanized, inspirited, motivated, roused, stirred |
| Main Entry: | inspired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | seemingly moved by supernatural powers |
| Synonyms: | divine, ecstatic, exalted, fired, possessed, touched, transported, carried away, guided, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, carry, cause, elate, embolden, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, get*, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up, be responsible for, commove, endue, enkindle, fire up, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, inspirit, start off |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artistic, imaginative |
| Synonyms: | clever, cool*, fertile, formative, gifted, hip*, ingenious, innovative, inspired, inventive, original, productive, prolific, stimulating, visionary, way out, demiurgic, deviceful, innovational, innovatory, leading-edge, originative |
| Antonyms: | unimaginative, uninspired, unproductive, uncreative, ungifted, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil |
| Synonyms: | bad, crazed, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, fired, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, hellish, impious, infernal, insane, inspired, mad, maniacal, manic, possessed, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, violent, wicked, aroused, demoniac, demoniacal |
| Antonyms: | angelic, godlike, good, moral |
| Main Entry: | felicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apposite, apropos, apt, convincing, fit, fitting, germane, happy, inspired, just, meet, neat, opportune, pat, pertinent, proper, propitious, relevant, seasonable, telling, timely, well-timed, well-chosen |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, inopportune, unsuitable, untimely, infelicitous, unfitting |
| Main Entry: | flushed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pink, glowing |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, animated, blushing, burning, crimson, elated, embarrassed, enthused, exhilarated, feverish, florid, full-blooded, high, hot, inspired, intoxicated, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, thrilled, aroused, rutilant, rutilous |
| Antonyms: | pale, pallid |
| Main Entry: | imaginative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creative, inventive |
| Synonyms: | artistic, avant-garde, clever, dreamy, enterprising, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fertile, high-flown*, ingenious, inspired, offbeat, original, poetic, productive, quixotic, romantic, utopian, visionary, vivid, way out, whimsical, blue-sky, brain wave, breaking ground, fictive, originative, pie-in-the-sky, poetical |
| Notes: | imaginary means not based on fact while imaginative means marked by independence and creativity in thought or action |
| Antonyms: | dull, unimaginative, uncreative, uninventive, unresourceful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impassioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited, vehement |
| Synonyms: | animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, furious, glowing, heated*, inflamed, inspired, intense, melodramatic, moving, mushy, passionate, powerful, profound, red-hot*, romantic, rousing, sentimental, starry-eyed*, stirring, torrid, violent, vivid, warm, zealous, fired up, hot-blooded, overemotional, perfervid, steamed up, white-hot, wild about, worked up |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, calm, cool, impassive, indifferent, unconcerned, unexcited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, curious |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, attentive, biased, caught, drawn, engrossed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, intent, into*, involved, keen, moved, obsessed, occupied, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, sold, stimulated, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched, attracted, awakened, eat sleep and breathe, enticed, inspirited, lured, on the case, roused, stirred |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, unconcerned, incurious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inventive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creative |
| Synonyms: | adroit, artistic, avant-garde, constructive, fertile, formative, fruitful, gifted, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, inspired, original, productive, resourceful, teeming, breaking new ground, causative, demiurgic, deviceful, forgetive, innovational, innovatory, originative, poetical |
| Antonyms: | stolen, unoriginal, uncreative, uninventive |
| Main Entry: | psyched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, beside oneself*, charged, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, high*, inspired, moved, on fire, passionate, pumped, stimulated, thrilled, wild, aroused, awakened, fired up, juiced up, keyed up, stirred, worked up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pumped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, aroused, awakened, beside oneself*, charged, cranked up, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, geared up, high*, inspired, juiced up, keyed up, moved, on fire, passionate, psyched, rarin' to go, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, wild, worked up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncanny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very strange, unusual |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, creepy, devilish, eerie, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, ghostly, ghoulish, incredible, inspired, magical, miraculous, mysterious, preternatural, prodigious, queer, remarkable, scary, secret, singular, spooky, superhuman, supernatural, unearthly, unheard-of, unnatural, weird, inexplainable, mystifying, supernormal, supranormal |
| Antonyms: | common, earthly, natural, usual |
| Main Entry: | encouraged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heartened |
| Synonyms: | animated, confident, determined, enthusiastic, fearless, hopeful, inspired, optimistic, renewed, supported, aided, cheered, emboldened, enlivened, inspirited, reassured, roused |
| Antonyms: | discouraged, dispirited, disheartened |
| Main Entry: | originating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
| Synonyms: | arising, beginning, fashioned, induced, inspired, made, produced, starting, activated, authored, begot, caused, commencing, created, dawning, deriving, emanating, formed, generated, incepted, issuing, motivated |
| Main Entry: | thrilled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, elated, electrified, inspired, moved, touched, aroused, fired up, stirred, worked up |
| Antonyms: | blasé, indifferent, unemotional, unfeeling, unmoved |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring success |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, come on, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on strong, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, power-loving, self-starting |
| Antonyms: | content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | actuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a function or action, motivate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather |
| Antonyms: | impede, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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