Thesaurus:enthusiastic

Thesaurus

enthusiastic

English

Adjective

Sense: having excited interest or eagerness

Synonyms

• ablaze
• agitated
• animated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ardent
• big    [⇒ thesaurus] [on]
• bubbly
• delirious
• eager
• earnest
• ebullient
• energetic
• enthusiastic
• excited
• exhilarated
• fanatic
• fanatical
• febrile
• fervent
• fervid
• feverish
• gassed (MLE)
• geeked (slang)
• gung ho
• hearty
• high-spirited
• impassioned
• impetuous
• juiced
• lit up (slang)
• lively    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mad
• motivated
• passionate
• perfervid
• raring
• rip-roaring
• souped-up (US dialect)
• stimulated
• thrilled
• torrid
• vehement
• vibrant
• vivacious
• wild    [⇒ thesaurus]
• worked up
• wrought-up
• zealous
• zestful

Antonyms

• apathetic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cold    [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
• dispassionate
• frigid
• impassive
• indifferent
• languid
• lethargic
• listless
• lackadaisical
• unemotioned
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested

Hyponyms

• highwrought (archaic)
• nervicited
• overwrought

Hypernyms

• emotional

Various

• champ at the bit
• faunch at the bit
• fit to burst

See also

• Thesaurus:enthusiasm
• Thesaurus:exciting
• Thesaurus:active

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.