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brisk

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of brisk

1 having much high-spirited energy and movement

  • a brisk exercise that many athletes use to warm up
Synonyms of brisk

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

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
Phrases Synonymous with brisk

on the go
Near Antonyms of brisk

indolent, lazy, unambitious

inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary

apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid

boring, dull, irksome, tedious
Antonyms of brisk

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

2 moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed

  • moved at a brisk walk through the exhibit
Synonyms of brisk

blistering, breakneck, breathless, dizzy, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy
Words Related to brisk

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed

breathtaking

energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous

high-speed

rush

ultrafast, ultrarapid
Phrases Synonymous with brisk

at speed [chiefly British]
Near Antonyms of brisk

crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky (or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurried

deliberate, leisurely, measured

dilatory, late, tardy

ultraslow
Antonyms of brisk

slow

3 marked by much life, movement, or activity

  • brisk trading on the stock market
Synonyms of brisk

aboil, abubble, abuzz, alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, happening, hopping, humming, kinetic, lively, rousing, stirring, thriving, vibrant
Words Related to brisk

abounding, crowded, overflowing, populous, swarming, teeming, thronging
Antonyms of brisk

asleep, dead, inactive, lifeless, sleepy

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