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excitable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of excitable

easily excited by nature

an excitable child who needs a stable home life

Synonyms of excitable

fiddle-footed, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hyper, hyperactive, hyperexcitable, hyperkinetic, jittery, jumpy, nervous, skittery, skittish, spasmodic, spooky

Words Related to excitable

hot-blooded, mercurial, temperamental, unstable, volatile, volcanic

anxious, edgy, flibbertigibbety, nervy, tense, uptight

emotional, emotionalistic, hypersensitive, intense, sensitive, soulful

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic

irascible, irritable, perturbable, prickly, testy, touchy

Near Antonyms of excitable

calm, collected, cool, serene, tranquil

easy, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed

Antonyms of excitable

imperturbable, nerveless, unexcitable, unflappable, unshakable

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