Spirited

/ˈspɪɹɪtɪd/

Synonyms for "spirited" (262 found)

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Closest matches (53)

abandoned active activist activistic acute afire aggressive agog airy alacritous alert aliveall agoganimate animated antic anxious ardent audacious avid

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beany bold bouncing bouncy brave breathless breezy bright brisk bubbly bulldoggish buoyant burningbursting tocant capersome chipper coltish committed

Adjective(9 words)

abduct animate animatedanimated exchangeanimated speechardent bold bouncing bouncy

Noun(4 words)

animate actionanimate the audiencebantamclass enthusiasm

Verb(1 words)

animate energy

Strong matches (78)

Adjective(24 words)

competitive ebullientenergetic atmosphereenergetic demonstrationenergetic discussionenergetic learnersenergetic performanceenergetic presentationenergetic processenergetic reactionsenergize enlivened enthusiastic feistier feistiest feisty fervent friskiest galvanize game

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gamey gamy gritty hoydenish

courageous dashing dauntless dedicated desirous devoted devout dynamic eager earnest ebullient effervescent elastic energetic enterprising enthusiastic excited expressive exuberant faithful

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fearless fervent fervid fiery flaming fleet forceful forcible forward frisky frolicsomefull of beansfull of gofull of lifefull of pepgame gamesome gamy gaygo gogo-go gritty gutsy gutty hearty heated high-spirited hothot bloodedhot-blooded

Noun(2 words)

dancingdanish frisk

Verb(2 words)

effervescing energized

Related words (131)

impassioned impatient impetuousin earnestincisive intense intentintent onintrepid jaunty keen kinetic lighthearted live lively living loyal lusty martial mercurial

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mettlesome militant nervyon firepanting passionate peppery peppy perfervid perky pert pertinacious philanthropic piquant playful plucky poignant prompt pungent quick quicksilver racyraring toreadyready and willingred bloodedred hotred-blooded red-hot resolute robust rollicking rollicksome rompish rousing serious sharp sincere skittish smacking smart snappy spanking sparkling spicy spiritful sportive sprightly spry spunky stalwart stirring strenuous strongtake chargetake-charge take-over tenacious tireless tough trenchant valiant vehement venturesome vibrant vigorous vital vivacious vivid warmwhite hotwhite-hot zealous zestful zesty zingy zippy

Adjective(28 words)

infectious verveinspire jaunty liveliestlively performancemettlesome passionate peppyretained energyscrappier scrappy snatch spirituous springiest springy spunkier spunkiest spunky spur steal

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top energy reservevigorous vivace whiskwild energy burstzealous zippyénergique

Verb(2 words)

jitterbugged quarreled

Noun(3 words)

latin energiavibrant color palettewas alive

Adjective(1 words)

merry

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

12 entries

activate advocacy argumentationcharacter traitcompetition styleemotional expressionemotional stateenergize manner moveperformance styletransfer

More specific

10 entries

ardent defensefervent oppositiongalvanize high-spirited inspire kidnap motivate snatchspirited contestspirited rally

Collocations

7 entries

spirited awayspirited debatespirited defensespirited discussionspirited energyspirited performancespirited response

Inflections

4 entries

more spiritedmost spiritedspiriting spirits

Derivations

4 entries

spirit spiritedly spiritedness spiriting

Antonyms

1 entries

spiritless

similar

34 entries

alive animated barmy boisterous bravecon briocourageous dashing ebullient energetic enthusiastic exuberant feisty gallant high-spirited impertinent

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Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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He was spirited away by four police officers in the middle of the night.

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Tom is spirited.

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Tom is very spirited, isn't he?

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Tom is spirited, isn't he?

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