PERKY Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

perky

adjective

ˈpər-kē

Definition of perky

as in energetic

having much high-spirited energy and movement a perky cheerleader

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Recent Examples of perky Dial it over to Sport mode, and the VLE is properly perky, leaping forward with just a modest flex of your right ankle. — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026 The sunny season is really just heating up, but Palmer has been turning out look after look in anticipation of summer, this perky ponytail included. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 June 2026 The day shift also starts making factory-work jokes, with Rekha playing a perky do-bee who just wants to make the boss happy, and Lily adopting an agitator role, demanding workman’s comp and trying to spark revolt. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026 What happens when a vivacious, perky, wannabe actress moves across the hall from two Caltech physicists whose idea of a big Saturday night is a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons? — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for perky

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Adjective

Luckily, Kittredge’s film is hugely entertaining, energetic, and insightful.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
By combining multiple types of light into one image, NASA is able to reveal the complete picture of what this energetic galaxy is made of.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of energetic

Adjective

The critically and commercially adored animated series from creators Amber Noizumi and Michael Green will return for season 2 in January, according to a new teaser that sees the comeback of Mizu (Maya Erskine) on her travels in London.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
The animated family adventure should dig up about $20 million for Paramount through the weekend.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of animated

Adjective

The Angels have not made the postseason since 2014, the longest active postseason drought in the majors, and have not won a playoff game since 2009, two years before Trout reached the majors.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Burnham, a former lawmaker who was elected to Parliament in June after almost a decade away as mayor of Greater Manchester, is set to make a statement in the House of Commons setting out his vision of a more active but less centralized state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of active

Adjective

To imagine the natural world not as a passive resource but as an animate collaborator would be to reorder more than aesthetic categories, demanding another relation to our environment.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 29 May 2026
Zugunruhe is the itinerant desire of any animate being to keep moving and growing.

— Big Think, Big Think, 6 May 2026

Definition of animate

Adjective

Beyond Ningyocho station, cheap and cheerful izakaya sit next to longstanding kaiseki and sushi restaurants in heritage buildings, remnants of the era when this was Yoshicho, one of Tokyo's geisha quarters.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
The fragrance is a delicious mix of sweet, fruity, and floral, thanks to notes of citrus, agave, and jasmine, offering a bright and cheerful scent to your space.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheerful

Adjective

The track, which also prominently features Anuel AA and Ñengo Flow, is filled with racy and at times ludicrous double entendres which create an intoxicating romp, driven in turn by a bouncing and infectious rhythm.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
My bush was big and bouncing, transcendent and absolutely outasight, baby.

— Michaela angela Davis, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022

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