Another word for enthusiastic
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Adjective
Showing or having enthusiasm
- Crazy or foolish.
- Extremely enthusiastic:
- Used to express contempt, disappointment, or refusal.
- Extremely enthusiastic and dedicated.
- Mentally deranged.
- Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement:
- Immoderately fond; infatuated:
- Filled with or motivated by zeal; fervent.
- Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot:
- Having the natural heat of living beings:
- Preserving or imparting heat:
- Of or affected by rabies.
- Raging; uncontrollable:
- Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical:
- Angry; resentful:
- Mentally deranged:
- Characteristic of mental derangement:
- Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point.
- Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity.
- Acutely sensitive:
- Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent:
- Extremely hot; glowing.
- Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate:
- Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent:
- Burning; fiery.
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Another word for enthusiastic
Modifier
Excited by something
- In a state of heightened mental preparedness for a difficult or hazardous enterprise, or one where success is particularly sought.
- (of a tyre etc) inflated
- (of water) raised by pumping
- (of a person) tense with excitement or enthusiasm
- Breathing with difficulty; gasping:
- Excited or tense, often to the point of holding the breath:
- Tense or exciting, often in causing or being characterized by holding of the breath:
- Angry; vehement; impassioned:
- Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy.
- Tart; sharp; cutting.
- Something that is intended; an aim or purpose.
- The state of mind necessary for an act to constitute a crime.
- Firmly fixed; concentrated:
- Full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager.
- Being on fire:
- Radiant with bright color:
- Fervent or excited.
- Strongly desirous; eager:
- Thirsty.
- simple past tense and past participle of tantalize
- Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
- Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety:
- Eagerly or earnestly desirous.
- simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate
- simple past tense and past participle of titillate
- Being in a state of excitement; emotionally aroused; stirred.
- Being at an energy level higher than the ground state.
- Interested and involved:
- Anxious; troubled:
- Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
- Simple past tense and past participle of flush.
- Relating to or resembling a fever.
- Having a fever or symptoms characteristic of a fever.
- Causing or tending to cause fever.
- Having a fever or the symptoms associated with a fever:
- Characterized by intense activity or agitation; feverish:
- Disposed or inclined; prepared:
- Acting or ready to act gladly; eagerly compliant:
- Done, given, or accepted voluntarily or ungrudgingly.
- Filled with activity, vigor, or spirit; lively:
- Made or depicted using animation:
- simple past tense and past participle of fascinate
- Having or showing curiosity, fascination, or concern:
- Possessing a right, claim, or stake:
Antonyms:Strongly in favor of something
- Extremely enthusiastic and dedicated.
- (idiomatic) enthusiastic for.
- (idiomatic) Knowledgeable about.
- (idiomatic) Skilled at.
- past participle of go on
- (UK) fond, or appreciative of
- Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy:
- Profuse; overflowing:
- Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid:
- Something that is intended; an aim or purpose.
- The state of mind necessary for an act to constitute a crime.
- Firmly fixed; concentrated:
- Of, resembling, or characteristic of a rhapsody.
- Immoderately impassioned or enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
- Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic.
- Filled with delight.
- Delightful.
- Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
- Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant:
- Expressing or produced by impatience:
- simple past tense and past participle of transport
- Marked by or expressing ecstasy.
- Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured.
- Marked by great passion or zeal:
- Extremely hot; burning.
- Full of or characterized by animation, vigor, or courage:
- Having a specified mood or nature. Used in combination:
- Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot:
- Having the natural heat of living beings:
- Preserving or imparting heat:
- Marked by flames or intense heat:
- Characterized by intense emotion; passionate:
- Of immediate import; urgent:
- Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous.
- A strong persistent yearning or desire, especially one that cannot be fulfilled.
- A persistent, often melancholy desire; a longing:
- Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
- Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit:
- Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete:
- Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced:
- Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone:
- Filled with passion; fervent:
- Marked by a lack of sleep:
- Unable to sleep.
- Always alert or active; never resting:
- Showing or characterized by persistent attention or untiring application:
- Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.
- Fixed or unchanging:
- Fixed or unmovable:
- Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy.
- Tart; sharp; cutting.
- Having or expressing desire; desiring:
- Having or showing a capacity for persistent effort; not tiring or relenting:
- Firm or determined; unwavering.
- Marked by persevering, painstaking effort.
- Feeling or displaying strong affection or attachment; ardent:
- Having been consecrated; dedicated.
- Deeply moved or delighted; enraptured:
- Deeply absorbed; engrossed:
- taken in, sucked up, assimilated, etc.
- greatly interested; wholly occupied
- Having or showing a capacity for persistent effort; not tiring or relenting:
- Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
- Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.
- simple past tense and past participle of inflame
- past participle of enthuse
- Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent:
- Extremely hot; glowing.
- Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions:
- Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
- Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
- Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm:
- Having or marked by strong desire or craving; greedy:
- Filled with or motivated by zeal; fervent.
- Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate:
- Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent:
- Burning; fiery.
- Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point.
- Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity.
- Acutely sensitive:
Inclined to enthusiasm
- Excessively eager; too ardent or impatient.
- Of or relating to the god Mercury.
- Of or relating to the planet Mercury.
- Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
- Zestfully enthusiastic.
- Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.
- Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
- Greatly desirous; eager:
- Requiring or showing much effort; challenging:
- Suggestive of or afflicted with extreme mental derangement:
- Characterized by excessive enthusiasm or excitement:
- Wildly irresponsible:
- Cheerfully confident; optimistic:
- At ease; accepting:
- Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
- Of or affected by rabies.
- Raging; uncontrollable:
- Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical:
- Consisting of or containing fire.
- Burning or glowing.
- Using or effected with fire.
- Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought.
- Motivated by or resulting from impulse:
- Having force or power to impel or incite; forceful.
- Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
- Being at a high temperature.
- Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable:
- Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree:
- Extreme in degree, strength, or size:
- Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:
- Of such surpassing brilliance or excellence as to suggest divine inspiration:
- Owning or mastering something. Used with of :
- Controlled by a spirit, demon, god, or other supernatural force.
- Controlled by a strong inner drive; obsessed:
- Sloping, slanting, or leaning.
- Having a preference, disposition, or tendency:
- Disposed or inclined; prepared:
- Acting or ready to act gladly; eagerly compliant:
- Done, given, or accepted voluntarily or ungrudgingly.
- Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy:
- Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
- Abundant; plentiful:
- giving off gas bubbles; bubbling up; foaming
- lively and high-spirited; vivacious
- Full of animation and spirit; lively:
- Full of or characterized by animation, vigor, or courage:
- Having a specified mood or nature. Used in combination:
- striving for or desirous of reaching some (usually lofty) goal
- Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
- Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant:
- Expressing or produced by impatience:
- Acting or done quickly with little or inadequate thought.
- Having or marked by violent force:
- Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:
- Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions:
- Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
- Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
- At, near, or belonging to the front or forepart; fore:
- Located ahead or in advance:
- Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front:
- Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate:
- Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent:
- Burning; fiery.
- Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot:
- Having the natural heat of living beings:
- Preserving or imparting heat:
- Easily excited.
- Capable of responding to stimuli.
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