Excited

/ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/

Synonyms for "excited" (209 found)

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Closest matches (42)

ablaze active afire aflame agitated agog animated antsy antsy-pantsy anxious aquiver ardent aroused atingle attracted atwitter awakeboiling overbreathless brisk

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bubbly burning burstingcarried awaycathectic chafing concerned cordial crazy curious delighted delirious

Adjective(5 words)

abuzz activated aflutter aroused astir

Verb(4 words)

activate activated alight arouse

Noun(1 words)

buzzing

Strong matches (63)

Adjective(6 words)

delirious emotionalenthusiastic discussionexclamatory franticgreat enthusiasm

discomfited discomposed disconcerted disquieted distraught disturbed drunk eager ebullient ecstatic edgy effervescent elated electrified energetic energized enthusiastic exalted exhilarated exuberant

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fascinated febrile fervent fervid fevered feverish fidgety fiery fire fired flaming flurried flushed flustered frantic frenetic frenzied fretful fretting furious galvanized glowing hasty hearty heated hectic high

Verb(8 words)

driven eager energize energized enthused enthusiastic evoke frothed

Noun(1 words)

fully alive

Adjective(1 words)

happy

Related words (104)

hopped uphopped-up hot hysterical impassioned impatient impetuousin a latherin a stewin a sweatinflamed intense interested intoxicated itchy jittery jumpy keenkeen onkeyed up

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lathered uplively manic moved nervous nervyon edgeon fireoverwrought passionate perturbed pink piquedready to burstred hotred-hot restive restless roused ruffled shakenshaken upspirited squirming squirmysteamed upsteaming steamy stimulated stirredstirred uptantalized thrilled tickled tingling tingly titillated troubled troublous tumultuous turbulentturned onturned-on uneasy unpatient unpeaceful unquiet unrestrained uproarious upset vehement vigorous warmwhipped upworked upwound upwrought upyeasty zealous

Adjective(4 words)

horny mad unrestrainedworked up

Verb(18 words)

hyped incited induce jazzed kindled lathered provoke psyched pumped revved roiled stimulate stimulated stoked thrilled torqued trigger vibrating

Noun(2 words)

most gassedwireds

Adjective(1 words)

randy

How these synonyms differ

eager - 'Eager' is forward-looking, you're excited specifically about doing something. An eager student wants to learn; an excited student might just be wound up.
elated - 'Elated' blends excitement with joy, you're lifted up, almost floating. It's what excitement feels like when the good news really sinks in.
enthusiastic - 'Enthusiastic' implies sustained, vocal energy, you're not just feeling excited but showing it and channeling it into action.
thrilled - 'Thrilled' is excitement at a peak, the rush you feel when something exceeds your hopes. It's excitement with a note of disbelief.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries

affect causeemotional arousalemotional stateenergy statequantum statestate change

More specific

14 entries

activate arouse delighted eagerelectronic excited stateelicit energize evokemetastable excited stateprecipitate prompt thrilled triggervibrational excited state

Collocations

11 entries

electronic excited stateexcitation energyexcite controversyexcite curiosityexcite debateexcite emotionexcite interestexcited statemetastable excited statespectroscopic excited statevibrational excited state

Inflections

6 entries

excites excitingleast excitedless excitedmore excitedmost excited

Derivations

8 entries

excitability excitable excitation excitations excite excitedly excitement exciter

Antonyms

1 entries

unexcited

similar

20 entries

aflutter agitated agog aroused crazy drunk fevered intoxicated nervous overexcited reactive stimulated stirredstirred upteased thrilled

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Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am not excited any more than you are.

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Getting excited is not at all the same as getting angry.

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As he grew excited, he spoke more and more rapidly.

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Excited girls look pretty sometimes.

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