EXCITABLE Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

excitable

adjective

ik-ˈsī-tə-bəl

Definition of excitable

as in nervous

easily excited by nature an excitable child who needs a stable home life

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Recent Examples of excitable Every excitable cell in your body — your neurons, your muscle fibers — has a voltage difference between its inside and outside. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026 An unexpected collaboration opportunity is very possible under today’s trine between excitable Mars and erratic Uranus. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026 At the Ricardo residence in the ’50s sitcom I Love Lucy, over-the-top housewife Lucy and Ricky, her excitable husband, were always getting into some sort of entertaining hijinks. — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2026 Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children. — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for excitable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable

Adjective

Some nervous observers are going so far as to swear off salads and other raw fruits and vegetables until the outbreak has run its course.

— Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
But Griffin’s recent donation to Moody is not the only indication Republicans could be more nervous about Florida than the Senate races in other bright-red states.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of nervous

Adjective

Gen Z has experienced inflation, volatile markets and economic uncertainty before many even began their careers.

— Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Advertisement Even after the war ends, experts expect military spending to rise, driven by an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape.

— Sarah Yerkes, Time, 10 July 2026

Definition of volatile

Adjective

Max is accompanied on his adventures by anxious robot C-3PO AB Sitter, and FX, a magical alien masquerading as a toy who can turn the kid's implausibly impressive sand sculptures into fully functioning robots.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
America’s centennial in 1876 was celebrated with a grand exhibition that projected an image of national unity and inventiveness in the anxious aftermath of civil war and recession.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of anxious

Adjective

In the first half of the album, Dean explores unstable characters—bearing some resemblance, perhaps, to their indie-sleaze peers—with both second-hand embarrassment and fascination.

— Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Rhaenyra, queen of the Blacks, seizes the Iron Throne in King’s Landing with the support of Alicent, who has simply had enough of her unstable and terrible sons.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026