zippy

zip·py

adj \ˈzi-pē\

zip·pi·erzip·pi·est

Definition of ZIPPY

: full of zip: as a : very quick or speedy <a zippy sports car> b : strikingly fresh, lively, or appealing in style <zippy clothes>

Examples of ZIPPY

1. <a crowd of zippy children who'd been cooped up all day>
2. <she just bought a zippy new computer that should enable her to work more efficiently>

First Known Use of ZIPPY

1904

Related to ZIPPY

Synonyms: active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, lively

Antonyms: dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid

Related Words: dapper, dashing, spiffy; agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake; agile, nimble, spry; bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, chirrupy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat; eager, enthusiastic, keen; frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful; boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited; high-strung, nervous, skittish

Near Antonyms: indolent, lazy, unambitious; inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary; apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid; boring, dull, irksome, tedious

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Rhymes with ZIPPY

chippy, dippy, drippy, flippy, hippie, hippy, lippy, nippy, quippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, yippee, yippie