Business is brisk now and we are up to the elbows in orders.
Source: tatoeba (241833)
Brisk
//bɹɪsk//
Synonyms for "brisk" (244 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
bustlingbusycattycausticcheercheeringchillchillychippercoldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecometarycoolcordialcrispcrispycurried
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cuttingdeftdraftydynamicebullienteffervescentenergeticenergizingenlivenenterprisingenthusiasticexcitedexhilarateexhilaratingexpeditiousfastfavonianflashingflawyfleetflickeringforcefulforciblefortifyfreezingfreezing coldfreshfreshenfrigidfriskyfull of gofull of lifefull of pepgelidglacialgo gogo-gogustyhastyheartyhibernalhiemalhigh-seasonedhothot as pepperhyperboreanice coldice-coldice-encrustedicelikeicy
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (122)
impetuousincisiveinclementindustriousintenseinvigorateinvigoratingjauntykeenkineticlivelivelylivinglustymercurialmeteoricmettlesomemilitantnimblenipping
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nippynumbingpenetratingpepperypeppyperk upperkypertpick uppiercingpinchingpromptpuffyquickquickenquicksilverracyrapidrattlingrawrefreshrefreshingregaleregalingrenewreviverigorousrobustrousingseasonedset upseveresharpshortshort and sweetshort-termshort-termedsiberiansleetyslushysmackingsmartsnappyspankingspeedyspicedspicyspiritedsprightlysprysquallystabbingsteadystiffstimulatestimulatingstingingstone coldstone-coldstrenuousstrongsubzerosuddensupercooledswifttake chargetake-chargetake-overtangytonictrenchantvibrantvigorousvitalvivaciousvividvivifyvolantwindywinterboundwinterlikewinterywintrywith a kickzestfulzestyzingyzippy
Adjective(9 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
116 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- دَجِر adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- دَجِر adj (full of spirit of life)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жив adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- оживен adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- свеж adj (stimulating or invigorating)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 元气 adj (full of spirit of life)
- 元气 adj (full of spirit of life)
Czech
4 entries- bystrý adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- energický adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- energický adj (full of spirit of life)
- ostrý adj (abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone)
Dutch
3 entries- levendig adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- opgewekt adj (full of spirit of life)
- opwekkend adj (stimulating or invigorating)
Esperanto
2 entries- vigla adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- viveca adj (full of spirit of life)
Finnish
4 entries- elvyttävä adj (stimulating or invigorating)
- reipas adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- reipas adj (full of spirit of life)
- riuska adj (full of liveliness and activity)
French
3 entries- animé adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- stimulant adj (stimulating or invigorating)
- vif adj (full of spirit of life)
Galician
4 entries- abelludo adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- agre adj (abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone)
- almallo adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- ardesío adj (full of liveliness and activity)
German
4 entries- anregend adj (stimulating or invigorating)
- lebhaft adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- lebhaft adj (full of spirit of life)
- rege adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Greek
1 entries- ζωηρός adj (full of spirit of life)
Hindi
1 entries- फुरतीला adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Hungarian
3 entries- fürge adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- élénk adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- élénk adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Italian
2 entries- vivace adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- vivace adj (full of spirit of life)
Japanese
1 entries- 元気 adj (full of spirit of life)
Korean
1 entries- 활기 있는 adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Latin
3 entries- alacer adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- strēnuus adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- vivax adj (full of spirit of life)
Latvian
4 entries- kustīgs adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- možs adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- mundrs adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- spirgts adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Marathi
3 entries- चपळ adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- चलाख adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- द्रुत adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Māori
4 entries- haukori adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- hihiko adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- hīkaka adj (full of spirit of life)
- manahau adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دینج adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- دینج adj (full of spirit of life)
Polish
1 entries- energiczny adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Portuguese
4 entries- brioso adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- brusco adj (abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone)
- estimulante adj (stimulating or invigorating)
- revigorante adj (stimulating or invigorating)
Romanian
4 entries- stimulant adj (stimulating or invigorating)
- viguros adj (full of spirit of life)
- vioi adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- vioi adj (full of spirit of life)
Russian
4 entries- бодря́щий adj (stimulating or invigorating)
- живо́й adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- живо́й adj (full of spirit of life)
- оживлённый adj (full of liveliness and activity)
Spanish
4 entries- brioso adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- brusco adj (abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone)
- enérgico adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- vigorizante adj (stimulating or invigorating)
Swedish
4 entries- brysk adj (abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone)
- hurtig adj (full of spirit of life)
- livlig adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- livlig adj (full of spirit of life)
Turkish
3 entries- canlı adj (full of liveliness and activity)
- canlı adj (full of spirit of life)
- hayat dolu adj (full of spirit of life)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
It's invigorating to breathe the brisk, fresh mountain air.
Source: tatoeba (245049)
Industrial activity is brisk.
Source: tatoeba (245165)
Sales at the company zoomed thanks to brisk export demand, but profit did not keep up because of intense competition.
Source: tatoeba (280331)
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