| Main Entry: | lively |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, active, busy |
Synonyms: |
agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, bright, brisk, buoyant, bustling, buzzing, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky, frolicsome, full of pep, gay, go-go, happy, hyper, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy |
| Main Entry: | active |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very involved in activity |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous |
| 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: | agile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally nimble, deft |
Synonyms: |
active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, spright, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, twinkle toes, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy |
Antonyms: |
brittle, clumsy, stiff |
| Main Entry: | alive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being active, full of life |
Synonyms: |
abounding, alert, animated, awake, brisk, bustling, cheerful, dynamic, eager, energetic, lively, overflowing, quick, ready, replete, rife, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, swarming, teeming, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zestful |
Antonyms: |
dispirited, dull, lifeless, morose, sluggish, spiritless |
| Main Entry: | amusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entertaining, funny |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, boffo, camp, campy, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, for grins, fun, gladdening, gratifying, gut-busting, humorous, interesting, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, screaming, sidesplitting, too funny for words, witty |
Antonyms: |
annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | bold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, striking |
Synonyms: |
clear, colorful, conspicuous, definite, evident, eye-catching, flashy, forceful, lively, loud, manifest, plain, prominent, pronounced, showy, spirited, strong, vivid |
Antonyms: |
faint, fair, light |
| Main Entry: | bracing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brisk; exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
animating, chilly, cool, crisp, energizing, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, invigorating, lively, quickening, refreshing, restorative, reviving, rousing, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
debilitating, exhausting, tiring |
| Main Entry: | breezy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy, lighthearted |
Synonyms: |
airy, animated, blithe, buoyant, carefree, casual, cheerful, debonair, easy-going, effervescent, free and easy, gay, informal, jaunty, light, lively, low-pressure, peppy, racy, relaxed, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sprightly, sunny, unconstrained, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
difficult |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful |
Synonyms: |
alert, animated, gay, genial, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, sanguine, spirited, sprightly, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
depressed, depressing, doleful, dreary, gloomy, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | brisk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast-moving; active |
Synonyms: |
adroit, agile, alert, animated, bustling, busy, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, speedy, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vivacious, zippy |
Antonyms: |
inactive, slow, sluggish, unenergetic |