Thesaurus:enthusiastic
THESAURUS | enthusiastic |
English
Synonyms
- ablaze
- agitated
- animated [WS]
- ardent
- bubbly
- delirious
- eager
- earnest
- ebullient
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- excited
- exhilarated
- fanatic
- fanatical
- febrile
- fervent
- fervid
- feverish
- gassed (MLE)
- geeked (slang)
- gung ho
- high-spirited
- impassioned
- impetuous
- juiced
- lit up (slang)
- lively
- mad
- passionate
- perfervid
- raring
- rip-roaring
- souped-up (US dialect)
- stimulated
- thrilled
- torrid
- vehement
- vibrant
- vivacious
- wild
- worked up
- wrought-up
- zealous
- zestful
Antonyms
- apathetic [WS]
- cold [WS] (figurative)
- dispassionate
- frigid
- impassive
- indifferent
- languid
- lethargic
- listless
- lackadaisical
- unemotioned
- unenthusiastic
- uninterested
Hyponyms
- highwrought (archaic)
- overwrought
Hypernyms
- emotional
Various
- champ at the bit
- faunch at the bit
- fit to burst
See also
- Thesaurus:enthusiasm
- Thesaurus:exciting
Further reading
- “825. excitability” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “821. feeling” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “enthusiastic” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.