| Main Entry: | perky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animated, happy |
Synonyms: |
active, alert, aware, bouncy, bright, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, in fine fettle, jaunty, lively, spirited, sprightly, sunny, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
depressed, gloomy |
| 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: | bubbly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vivacious |
Synonyms: |
animated, bubbling, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, full of beans, full of life, high-spirited, lively, peppy*, perky, sparkling, spirited, vibrant, zesty |
Antonyms: |
dull, listless |
| Main Entry: | cheerful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
Synonyms: |
airy, animated, blithe, bouncy, bright, bucked, buoyant, cheery, chipper, chirpy, contented, effervescent, enlivening, enthusiastic, full of pep, gay, glad, gladsome, good-humored, good-natured, hearty, high, hilarious, hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, jaunty, jocund, jolly, joyful, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, peppy, perky, pleasant, roseate, rosy, sanguine, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, sunny side up, up*, upbeat, vivacious, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy |
Antonyms: |
cheerless, depressed, gloomy, grave, heavy, melancholy, sad, serious, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | festive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorated, celebratory |
Synonyms: |
blithe, bouncy, carnival, carnivalesque, cheery, chipper, chirpy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, go-go, grooving, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, juiced up, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, rocking, snappy, swinging, upbeat, zippy |
Antonyms: |
depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated |
| Main Entry: | genial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely nice and happy |
Synonyms: |
affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, blithe, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chipper, chirpy, congenial, convivial, cordial, easygoing, enlivening, favorable, friendly, gentle, glad, good-natured, gracious, hearty, high, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, kind, kindly, merry, neighborly, perky, pleasant, sociable, sunny side up, sunny*, up*, upbeat, upper, warm, warm-hearted |
Antonyms: |
aloof, cold, cool, cranky, irritable, moody, unfriendly, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in high spirits; satisfied |
Synonyms: |
blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, can't complain, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, flying high, gay, glad, gleeful, gratified, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, looking good, merry, mirthful, on cloud nine, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, up, upbeat, walking on air |
Antonyms: |
depressed, discouraged, dissatisfied, miserable, morose, pained, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | industrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardworking |
Synonyms: |
active, assiduous, ball of fire, burning, busy, conscientious, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, grind*, in full swing, intent, involved, jumping, laborious, on the go, operose, perky*, persevering, persistent, plugging, productive, psyched up on, purposeful, sedulous, spirited, steady, tireless, zealous |
Antonyms: |
idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, slack, unemployed, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | jaunty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
Synonyms: |
airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devil-may-care, devilish, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, prankish, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, swaggering, trim, venturesome, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
depressed, lethargic, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, cheery |
Synonyms: |
airy, amusing, animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, diverting, dizzy, entertaining, fickle, flighty, frivolous, gay, giddy, high, humorous, lighthearted, lively, merry, perky, pleasing, sunny, sunny-side up, superficial, trifling, trivial, up, upbeat, witty |
Antonyms: |
grave, serious, solemn |