HIGH-SPIRITED Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

high-spirited

adjective

ˈhī-ˈspir-ə-təd

Definition of high-spirited

as in joyful

joyously unrestrained a high-spirited crowd loudly cheering the basketball team on

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as in spirited

marked by a lively display of strong feeling the band struck up a high-spirited march as the President's motorcade approached

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Adjective

Surrounded by pure and joyful chaos, Stein slowly walked onto the turf with his arms in the air in awe of the scene unfolding in front of him.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Here, everything feels so exciting, light, and joyful that guests secretly hope this night—like a good novel—will never end.

— Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of joyful

Adjective

The painting, appearing at auction for the first time, prompted applause and a spirited contest involving Christie’s London specialist Edmond Francey and at least three other specialists bidding by telephone.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The ceremony was a warm, high-spirited event, with each jury member inviting one winner up on stage to ask them about their films and creative process.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of spirited

Adjective

Even from the scant footage available in the trailer, Gerwig has taken a deliberately exuberant, psychedelic approach to the world of Narnia’s creation — and to the beauty of creation, generally.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
And in the event that someone wasn’t aware of what Children of Blood and Bone was, the panel did its job, promising an exuberant, swaggering epic with a charming cast to inhabit it.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of exuberant

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Bongulo Paneer — cooked in bamboo, served with a coconut and capsicum poriyal that blends peanut chutney, acidic gongura sour cream and fiery gunpowder.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
An 18-year-old Ida resident was killed after a fiery crash on Thursday morning in Monroe County, Michigan.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of fiery

Adjective

Einbinder and the staff writer Rachel Syme sit down for what’s sure to be a lively chat.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area.

— Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of lively

Adjective

Tatyana and Jan’s salsa is full to the brim with salsa content, and yet the judges ding it for not being fast and vivacious enough, even though Jan’s choreography — some of my favorite of the night — was built around the song they were assigned.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
In a poetic blend of reality and imagination, a vivacious Brooklyn teenager strives to reclaim her own fleeting childhood while helping raise her four younger sisters.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of vivacious

Adjective

The Bigger Picture Netflix animation execs are passionate about their job and percipient.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder have followed in their famous grandmother’s footsteps, passionate about both beauty and entrepreneurialism.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of passionate

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