as in excitable
easily excited by nature
an elderly couple who are unable to control their hyperkinetic grandson
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Recent Examples of hyperkinetic
The sequence, while full of hyperkinetic action, again only lasts a couple of minutes.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Eisenberg’s performance is terrific, muted and hyperkinetic in all the right ways.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Eisenberg’s performance is terrific, muted and hyperkinetic in all the right ways.
—TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Unsettled by how images of atrocities get diminished as just another picture in our hyperkinetic culture, the rapper-actor wrote a new set of verses to accompany the keening chorus from the original song.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Eisenberg’s performance is terrific, muted and hyperkinetic in all the right ways.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Eisenberg’s performance is terrific, muted and hyperkinetic in all the right ways.
—TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Unsettled by how images of atrocities get diminished as just another picture in our hyperkinetic culture, the rapper-actor wrote a new set of verses to accompany the keening chorus from the original song.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperkinetic
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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In the draft room, Bisciotti looked nervous as the pick approached, worried another team — or even his own GM — might snag Randall.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Some nervous Democrats and their allies worry that language could thwart installation of a Democratic majority in the next Congress.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Hyperkinetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperkinetic. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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