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spirited

adjective

1 spirited

Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness.

Roget 942: disinterested; unselfish; self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-devoted; generous.    handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, ... show more

Roget 836: cheerful; happy etc. 827; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper [U.S.]; ... show more

Roget 574: vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive; sensational.    spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, ... show more

Roget 682: active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee; lively, animated, vivacious; alive, alive and kicking; frisky, spirited, stirring.    nimble, nimble as a squirrel; ... show more

2 spirited

Marked by lively action:
— A spirited dance.

synonyms: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, zippy.

3 spirited

Willing to face danger.

synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spunky.

Roget 861: courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited, spiritful; high-spirited, high-mettled; mettlesome, plucky; manly, manful; ... show more

Roget 822: sensible, sensitive; impressible, impressionable; susceptive, susceptible; alive to, impassionable, gushing; warm hearted, tender hearted, soft hearted; tender as a chicken; soft, ... show more

4 spirited

Made lively or spirited:
— A spirited debate.

synonym: enlivened.


Moby thesaurus: abandoned, active, activist, activistic, acute, afire, aggressive, agog, alacritous, alert, alive, all agog, animate, animated, antic, anxious, ardent, audacious, avid, beany ... show more.

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