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| Main Entry: | oomph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, endurance, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, punch, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, vigor, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zest, zing, zip, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
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| 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 |
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| Main Entry: | ardor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz*, keenness, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, spirit, turn on*, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing, fierceness |
| Antonyms: | coolness, frigidity, indifference, coldness |
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| Main Entry: | éclat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style |
| Synonyms: | élan, dash, flair, flourish, gusto, oomph*, panache, pizzazz*, verve, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zest, zing*, brio, dynamism, stylishness, vivaciousness |
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| Main Entry: | élan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vivacity |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, dash, esprit, flair, impetus, life, oomph*, panache, spirit, style, verve, vigor, vim, zest, zing*, brio, impetuosity |
| Antonyms: | dullness, lifelessness |
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| Main Entry: | elbow grease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | blood sweat and tears, effort, exertion, labor, muscle, oomph, oomph*, physical effort, strain, strength, sweat, sweat of one's brow, toil, travail |
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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 |
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| Main Entry: | fervor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, eagerness, earnestness, fire*, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz*, love, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, piety, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, zeal, ardency, devoutness, fervency, heartiness, piousness, religiousness, wholeheartedness, zealousness |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, discouragement |
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| Main Entry: | pizzazz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy; flamboyance |
| Synonyms: | élan, ability, animation, aptitude, bounce, dash, drive, effectiveness, fire, force, gift, hustle, intensity, juice, knack, life, liveliness, moxie*, muscle, oomph*, panache, pep, pluck, potency, power, presence, punch, push, shine*, spirit, splash*, spunk, stamina, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
* = 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: | zip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm, energy |
| Synonyms: | drive, go*, gusto, life, liveliness, oomph*, pep, pizzazz*, punch, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zest, zing*, brio, get-up-and-go |
| Antonyms: | apathy, idleness, laziness, lethargy, enervation |
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| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit, vitality |
| Synonyms: | activity, animation, bang, drive, energy, force, hardihood, life, moxie*, oomph*, pep, potency, push, snap*, starch*, tuck*, verve, vigor, vivacity, zest, birr, get-up-and-go |
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| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, spirit |
| Synonyms: | élan*, activity, being, breath, dash, energy, enthusiasm, entity, esprit, essence, excitement, go*, growth, heart, impulse, liveliness, oomph*, soul, sparkle, verve, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zest*, zing*, brio, get-up-and-go, high spirits, lifeblood, sentience, viability, élan vital |
| Antonyms: | inanimacy |
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| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soul, attitude |
| Synonyms: | air, animation, ardor, backbone*, boldness, breath, character, complexion, courage, disposition, earnestness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, essence, fire, force, frame of mind, grit*, guts*, heart, humor, jazz*, life, life force, liveliness, mettle, mood, morale, motivation, nerve, oomph*, outlook, psyche, quality, resolution, resolve, sparkle, spunk*, substance, temper, temperament, tenor, vigor, vitality, warmth, will, willpower, zest, dauntlessness, gameness, stoutheartedness, vital spark |
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| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor of some quality |
| Synonyms: | aroma, bang*, bitter, drive, jolt, kick*, oomph*, piquancy, punch*, relish, salt, savor, smack, sour, sting*, suggestion, sweet, tang*, wallop, zest, zing*, zip*, aftertaste, ginger, palatableness, sapidity, sapor, savoriness |
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| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flair, style |
| Synonyms: | éclat, élan, animation, energy, esprit, flourish, force, intensity, life, might, oomph*, panache, power, spirit, strength, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zing, zip, birr, brio, impressiveness |
| Antonyms: | drab, dullness, frumpiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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