pep

¹pep

noun \ˈpep\

Definition of PEP

: brisk energy or initiative and high spirits

Examples of PEP

1. The young teacher was full of pep.
2. <the students always display considerably more pep during the weeks immediately prior to the holidays>

Origin of PEP

short for pepper

First Known Use: 1912

Related to PEP

Synonyms

beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, vigor, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip

Antonyms

lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity

Related Words

animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity; ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal; main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength; brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility; health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness

Near Antonyms

indolence, laziness; debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness; enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration

Rhymes with PEP

hep, prep, rep, skep, step, steppe, strep, yep

²pep

transitive verb

peppedpep·ping

Definition of PEP

: to inject pep into <pep him up>

First Known Use of PEP

1925