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| Main Entry: | verve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy, enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, ardor, dash, drive, endurance, fire, force, go, gumption, gusto, hardihood, intensity, juice, liveliness, moxie*, passion, pep, pizzazz, pluck, power, punch, sparkle, spirit, spunk, stamina, steam, strength, vigor, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, forcefulness, get-up-and-go, toughness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effectiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | capability, clout, cogency, effect, efficacy, efficiency, force, performance, point, potency, power, punch, strength, success, use, validity, verve, vigor, weight, forcefulness, validness |
| Antonyms: | ineffectiveness, unproductivity, uselessness |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
| Synonyms: | cheerfulness, delight, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jollity, joy, liveliness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, triumph, verve, blitheness, delectation, jocularity, joviality, joyfulness, joyousness, sprightliness |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | gusto |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | appetite, appreciation, ardor, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, fervor, heart, liking, passion, pleasure, relish, savor, taste, verve, zeal, zest, brio, delectation, palate |
| Antonyms: | apathy, reluctance, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | imagination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to create in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, artistry, awareness, chimera, cognition, conception, creation, creativity, enterprise, fabrication, fancy, fantasy, flight of fancy*, idea, illusion, image, imagery, ingenuity, insight, inspiration, intelligence, invention, notion, originality, realization, sally, supposition, thought, thoughtfulness, verve, vision, wit, creative thought, ideality, inventiveness, mental agility, perceptibility, resourcefulness, unreality, visualization, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | being, entity, existence, material, reality, substance, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | panache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's flamboyant spirit |
| Synonyms: | élan, charisma, dash, flair, flourish, style, swagger, verve, vigor, brio, flamboyance |
| Antonyms: | spiritlessness |
| Main Entry: | pep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vim, vigor |
| Synonyms: | animation, bang, energy, go, gusto, hardihood, life, liveliness, moxie*, potency, punch*, push, snap*, spirit, starch*, tuck*, verve, vitality, vivacity, zip*, birr, get-up-and-go, high spirits |
| Antonyms: | apathy, lethargy, inactivity, lifelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vitality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy, spirit |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, audacity, bang, being, bloom, bounce, clout, continuity, drive, endurance, existence, exuberance, fervor, force, go, guts*, intensity, life, liveliness, pep, pizzazz*, power, pulse, punch, snap, sparkle, spunk*, stamina, starch*, steam, strength, stuff*, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zest, zing*, zip*, get-up-and-go, lustiness, robustness, venturesomeness, vivaciousness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, lethargy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ardor, bustle, determination, devotion, diligence, dispatch, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fanaticism, fervor, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination, initiative, intensity, keenness, mania, passion, perseverance, push, readiness, sincerity, spirit, urgency, vehemence, verve, warmth, yen, zest, fierceness, intentness, stick-to-itiveness, what-it-takes |
| Notes: | zeal pertains to a keen interest while zest is keen enjoyment or added interest |
| Antonyms: | apathy, indifference, lethargy |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, animation, application, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go, operativeness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness, lethargy, inactivity, tiredness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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