as in joyful
joyously unrestrained
exuberant crowds rushed to greet the returning national champions in collegiate basketball
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Recent Examples of exuberant
After being picked, Golden made his way from the green room to the draft stage where Green Bay fans greeted him with exuberant cheers.
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Greg Bates, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Most of the remainder of the video is exuberant concert footage.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2025
The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Coogler presents a provocatively Africanist view of Black American experience, and does so with exuberant inventiveness; the uncompromising political essence of his allegorical vision is expressed with aesthetic delight.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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Greg Bates, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Most of the remainder of the video is exuberant concert footage.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2025
The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Coogler presents a provocatively Africanist view of Black American experience, and does so with exuberant inventiveness; the uncompromising political essence of his allegorical vision is expressed with aesthetic delight.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exuberant
Adjective
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Kate Middleton and Prince William shared a joyful new photo taken by Kate of their daughter to mark the occasion on Friday, May 2.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Her customers, a mix of friends, family and strangers, always seemed to leave her de facto studio feeling joyful.—
Tariro Mzezewa,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Robin Gosens gave them exactly that, but La Viola came up short against the effervescent Spanish side to lose 4-3 on aggregate.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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In between, arguments are made and relationships are built, but the sometimes laborious work of exposition and table-setting can become effervescent when delivered at Sherman-Palladino’s melodic meter.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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The user's tale went on to generate a lively conversation in the comments section of the post.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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Domingo, one of the earliest VIP arrivals at the party, was showing off his style on the lane, ball in hand, as the lively room continued to fill up.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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Come to Mina Penélope’s beautiful property for winemaker Verónica Santiago’s vivacious natural wines and her amber sauvignon blanc.—
Anya von Bremzen,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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But his primary aim is to capture his sister’s joyful and vivacious spirit and interview her friends about her final years.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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Zelensky’s leadership team was buoyant about the terms.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
1 May 2025
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Even with their long beaks and dives from up to 100 feet in the air, brown pelicans are too buoyant to get much deeper than six feet into the water, Bergeron said, suggesting their strandings may be a sign of bigger problems to come.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.—
Jaina Grey,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025
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But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2024
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While fans were ecstatic to see the Texas Rattlesnake, his roles during the weekend were notably non-physical.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Rumi appeared to be ecstatic to be onstage, as she could be seen grinning widely while waving at the crowd at several points during the show.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Exuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exuberant. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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