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active
Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy:
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  1. Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy:
  2. Producing an intended action or effect:
  3. Erupting or liable to erupt; not dormant:
vigorous
Forceful; effective:
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  1. Forceful; effective:
  2. Living or growing with full vital strength; strong; robust
  3. Physically strong and active.
energetic
Of or relating to energy.
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  1. Of or relating to energy.
  2. Of, having, or showing energy; vigorous; forceful
  3. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
brisk
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
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  1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
  2. Quick in manner or movement; energetic
  3. Active; busy
industrious
(Obs.) Skillful or clever
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  1. (Obs.) Skillful or clever
  2. Characterized by earnest, steady effort; hardworking; diligent
  3. Energetic in application to work or study.
vital
Concerned with or recording data pertinent to lives:
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  1. Concerned with or recording data pertinent to lives:
  2. Extremely important; essential:
  3. Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining:
quick
Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time:
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  1. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time:
  2. Done or occurring immediately:
  3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
nimble
Moving quickly and lightly
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  1. Moving quickly and lightly
  2. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft:
  3. Quick, clever, and acute in devising or understanding:
spry
Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
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  1. Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
  2. Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
snappy
(Informal) Irritable.
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  1. (Informal) Irritable.
  2. Lively or energetic; brisk:
  3. (Informal) Brisk, vigorous, or lively
peppy
Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
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  1. Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
  2. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
  3. (Informal) Full of pep, or energy; brisk; vigorous; spirited
zippy
(Informal) Full of vim and energy; brisk
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  1. (Informal) Full of vim and energy; brisk
  2. Lively, quick and energetic
animated
Made or depicted using animation:
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  1. Made or depicted using animation:
  2. (FILMS & VIDEO) Of or having to do with an animated cartoon or its preparation
  3. Filled with activity, vigor, or spirit; lively:
spirited
Having a (specified) character, mood, or disposition
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  1. Having a (specified) character, mood, or disposition
  2. Full of spirit; lively; energetic; animated
  3. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
vivacious
Full of life and animation
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  1. Full of life and animation
  2. Characterized by an attractive or pleasing liveliness of spirit
  3. Full of animation and spirit; lively:
sprightly
Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
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  1. Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
gay
Joyous and lively; merry; happy; lighthearted
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  1. Joyous and lively; merry; happy; lighthearted
  2. (Slang) Odd, inept, pathetic, etc.
  3. Bright or lively, especially in color:
cheerful
Full of cheer; joyful
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  1. Full of cheer; joyful
  2. Filling with cheer; bright and attractive
  3. Noticeably happy and optimistic.
perky
Sprightly or lively; saucy; jaunty
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  1. Sprightly or lively; saucy; jaunty
  2. Jaunty and appealing; sprightly:
  3. Buoyant and self-confident; briskly cheerful.
jaunty
Dapper or stylish.
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  1. Dapper or stylish.
  2. Having or expressing a buoyant or self-confident air:
  3. Ostentatiously self-confident.
high-spirited
Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
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  1. Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
  2. Vivacious; lively:
  3. Having or showing a courageous or bold spirit
bubbly
Full of high spirits; effervescent:
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  1. Full of high spirits; effervescent:
  2. (Informal) Cheerful, lively.
  3. Full of, giving off, or like bubbles
effervescent
Giving off gas bubbles; bubbling up; foaming
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  1. Giving off gas bubbles; bubbling up; foaming
  2. Lively and high-spirited; vivacious
bouncy
Easily bounced
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  1. Easily bounced
  2. Lively, exuberant, energetic
  3. Lively; energetic:
buoyant
Having buoyancy; able to float
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  1. Having buoyancy; able to float
  2. Lighthearted; gay:
  3. Having or marked by buoyancy:
frisky
Inclined to frisk about
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  1. Inclined to frisk about
  2. Lively; playful; frolicsome
  3. Energetic, lively, and playful:
cheery
Cheerful; lively; bright
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  1. Cheerful; lively; bright
  2. Showing or suggesting good spirits; cheerful:
exuberant
Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
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  1. Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
  2. Characterized by good health and high spirits; full of life; uninhibited
  3. Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy:
ebullient
Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.
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  1. Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.
  2. Overflowing with enthusiasm, high spirits, etc.; exuberant
  3. Zestfully enthusiastic.
sparkling
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
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  1. Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  2. Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
chipper
(Informal) Cheerful and sprightly; in good spirits
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  1. (Informal) Cheerful and sprightly; in good spirits
  2. In lively spirits; cheerful.
chirpy
Making chirping noises.
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  1. Making chirping noises.
  2. In a good mood; happy and energetic.
  3. (Informal) Cheerful and lively; merry
zingy
Pleasantly stimulating:
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  1. Pleasantly stimulating:
  2. Full of zest.
  3. Exceptionally attractive or appealing:
rousing
Extraordinary; remarkable
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  1. Extraordinary; remarkable
  2. Inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring:
  3. Used as an intensive:
provocative
Tending to provoke or stimulate.
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  1. Tending to provoke or stimulate.
  2. Provoking or tending to provoke, as to action, thought, feeling, etc.; stimulating, erotic, irritating, etc.
stimulating
Having a manner that stimulates.
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  1. Having a manner that stimulates.
active
Producing an intended action or effect:
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  1. Producing an intended action or effect:
  2. Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy:
  3. Erupting or liable to erupt; not dormant:
brisk
Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
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  1. Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
  2. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
  3. Active; busy
dynamic
Relating to or tending toward change or productive activity
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  1. Relating to or tending toward change or productive activity
  2. Characterized by much activity and vigor, especially in bringing about change; energetic and forceful.
  3. Energetic; vigorous; forceful
energetic
Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
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  1. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
  2. Of or relating to energy.
  3. Of, having, or showing energy; vigorous; forceful
forceful
With assertive force; powerful.
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  1. With assertive force; powerful.
  2. Characterized by or full of force; effective:
  3. Full of force; powerful, vigorous, effective, cogent, etc.
kinetic
Of or caused by motion
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  1. Of or caused by motion
  2. Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
  3. Energetic or dynamic
sprightly
Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
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  1. Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
strenuous
Requiring great effort, energy, or exertion:
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  1. Requiring great effort, energy, or exertion:
  2. Vigorously active; energetic or zealous:
vigorous
Living or growing with full vital strength; strong; robust
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  1. Living or growing with full vital strength; strong; robust
  2. Growing or spreading rapidly:
  3. Physically strong and active.
peppy
Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
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  1. Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
  2. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
  3. (Informal) Full of pep, or energy; brisk; vigorous; spirited
animated
Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
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  1. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
  2. Filled with activity, vigor, or spirit; lively:
  3. (FILMS & VIDEO) Of or having to do with an animated cartoon or its preparation
bouncy
Easily bounced
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  1. Easily bounced
  2. Lively, exuberant, energetic
  3. Lively; energetic:
chipper
In lively spirits; cheerful.
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  1. In lively spirits; cheerful.
  2. (Informal) Cheerful and sprightly; in good spirits
dashing
Showy; striking; stylish
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  1. Showy; striking; stylish
  2. Full of dash or spirit; bold and lively
  3. Chic, fashionable.
high-spirited
Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
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  1. Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
  2. Having or showing a courageous or bold spirit
  3. Spirited; fiery
pert
Attractive or stylish in appearance:
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  1. Attractive or stylish in appearance:
  2. (Now rare) Cheeky, impertinent (especially of children or social inferiors). [from 15th c.]
  3. High-spirited, lively, or cheerful:
spirited
Having a (specified) character, mood, or disposition
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  1. Having a (specified) character, mood, or disposition
  2. Full of spirit; lively; energetic; animated
  3. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
vivacious
Full of life and animation
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  1. Full of life and animation
  2. Characterized by an attractive or pleasing liveliness of spirit
  3. Full of animation and spirit; lively:
peppy
Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
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  1. Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
  2. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
  3. (Informal) Full of pep, or energy; brisk; vigorous; spirited
active
Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy:
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  1. Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy:
  2. Producing an intended action or effect:
  3. Erupting or liable to erupt; not dormant:
brisk
Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
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  1. Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
  2. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
  3. Active; busy
driving
Vigorous; energetic
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  1. Vigorous; energetic
  2. Violent, intense, or forceful:
  3. Energetic or active:
dynamic
Relating to or tending toward change or productive activity
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  1. Relating to or tending toward change or productive activity
  2. Characterized by much activity and vigor, especially in bringing about change; energetic and forceful.
  3. Energetic; vigorous; forceful
energetic
Of or relating to energy.
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  1. Of or relating to energy.
  2. Of, having, or showing energy; vigorous; forceful
  3. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
enterprising
Displaying bravery and daring in the attempt of some task.
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  1. Displaying bravery and daring in the attempt of some task.
  2. Being very able and ingenious in business dealings.
  3. Showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects:
peppy
Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
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  1. Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
  2. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
  3. (Informal) Full of pep, or energy; brisk; vigorous; spirited
sprightly
Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
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  1. Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
spry
Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
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  1. Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
  2. Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
vigorous
Growing or spreading rapidly:
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  1. Growing or spreading rapidly:
  2. Living or growing with full vital strength; strong; robust
  3. Physically strong and active.
zippy
Lively, quick and energetic
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  1. Lively, quick and energetic
  2. (Informal) Full of vim and energy; brisk
snappy
(Informal) Irritable.
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  1. (Informal) Irritable.
  2. (Informal) Brisk, vigorous, or lively
  3. Lively or energetic; brisk:

Synonym Study

  • Gay suggests lightheartedness and unrestrained good spirits in gay spirits
  • Vivacious and sprightly imply buoyancy of spirit or sparkling brightness, vivacious also suggesting liveliness a vivacious manner, and sprightly, cheerfulness or vigor a sprightly tune
  • Animated is applied to that which is made alive or bright and suggests a spirited quality an animated face, an animated discussion
  • Lively implies being full of life and energy and suggests an active or vigorous quality a lively dance, a lively talk
Find another word for lively. In this page you can discover 83 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for lively, like: active, vigorous, energetic, brisk, industrious, vital, full of life, quick, nimble, spry and snappy.

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  • The lively woman was fun to be around.

  • The prince stood still; his lively glittering eyes from under their thick, bushy eyebrows sternly scanned all present and rested on the little princess.

  • It was his custom on all these trips to make little lively sketches of landscape and buildings.

  • She was too lively to be trapped in the condo on her own.

  • They imply a lively sense of radical human need.

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