| Main Entry: | peppiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit |
Synonyms: |
air, animation, ardor, backbone*, boldness, bounce, breath, brio, character, complexion, courage, dash, dauntlessness, disposition, earnestness, elan, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, esprit, essence, fire, force, frame of mind, gameness, grit, guts*, heart, humor, jazz, life, life force, liveliness, mettle, mood, morale, motivation, nerve, oomph, outlook, pertness, psyche, quality, resolution, resolve, sparkle, spunk*, stoutheartedness, substance, temper, temperament, tenor, verve, vigor, vim, vital spark, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, warmth, will, willpower, zest, zip |
| Main Entry: | peppiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
Synonyms: |
activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go*, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice*, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch*, spirit, spontaneity, sprightliness, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
Synonyms: |
adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, jurisdiction, lustiness, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, peppiness, potency, powerfulness, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, qualifiedness, sinew, steam, strength, strenuousness, strong arm, sway, valor, vigor, vigorousness |
| Notes: | may is more optimistic than might; may carries the idea of permission while might suggests likelihood |
Antonyms: |
inability, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | friskiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | playfulness |
Synonyms: |
coltishness, coquettishness, coyishness, frolicsomeness, kittenishness, liveliness, peppiness, spiritedness, sportiveness, waggishness |
| Main Entry: | frolicsomeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | playfulness |
Synonyms: |
coltishness, friskiness, kittenishness, liveliness, mischievousness, peppiness, spiritedness, sportiveness, waggishness |