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vivacious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of vivacious

1 having much high-spirited energy and movement

  • an outgoing, vivacious girl who became a successful sales rep
Synonyms of vivacious

active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, zippy
Words Related to vivacious

dapper, dashing, spiffy

agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake

agile, nimble, spry

bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, chirrupy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat

eager, enthusiastic, keen

frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful

boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

high-strung, nervous, skittish
Phrases Synonymous with vivacious

on the go
Near Antonyms of vivacious

indolent, lazy, unambitious

inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary

apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid

boring, dull, irksome, tedious
Antonyms of vivacious

dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid

2 joyously unrestrained

  • the poem is a vivacious expression of his love for her
Synonyms of vivacious

bouncy, bubbly, buoyant, crank [chiefly dialect], effervescent, exuberant, frolic, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited
Words Related to vivacious

extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing, uninhibited

carefree, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, joyful, lighthearted, lively, sprightly

boisterous, raucous, rollicking, rowdy

giddy, light-headed, overexuberant, silly

ecstatic, euphoric, lyric, rapturous

audacious, bold, brash, brazen, impertinent, impudent, insolent, saucy
Near Antonyms of vivacious

constrained, inhibited, repressed, restrained, subdued

impassive, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid

depressed, dour, glum, morose, surly
Antonyms of vivacious

low-spirited, sullen

Synonym Discussion of vivacious

lively, animated, vivacious, sprightly, gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy.
    • a lively debate on the issues
animated applies to what is spirited and active.
    • an animated discussion of current events
vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring.
    • a vivacious party host
sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit.
    • a tuneful, sprightly musical
gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits.
    • the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s

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