enthusiastic
adjCA, UK /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/ · CA, US /ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστικός (enthousiastikós), from either ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós) or ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) + -τικός (-tikós).
1
With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
- an enthusiastic lover of art
- a young man […] of a visionary and enthusiastic character1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
2
Relating to enthusiasm, or divine possession.
- Synonyms
44 terms
animated, ardent, avid, big [⇒ thesaurus] [on], bubbly, eager, earnest, ebullient, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, fanatic, fanatical, fervent, fervid, feverish, gassed, geeked, gung ho, hearty, high-spirited, impassioned, juiced, keen, lit up, lively, mad, motivated, passionate, raring, rip-roaring, souped-up, stimulated, thrilled, torrid, vehement, vibrant, vivacious, wild, worked up, wrought-up, zealous, zestful- Antonyms
- apathetic, cold, dispassionate, frigid, impassive, indifferent, languid, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, unemotioned, unenthusiastic, uninterested
- Derived terms
- antienthusiastic, enthusiastical, enthusiastically, hyperenthusiastic, nonenthusiastic, overenthusiastic, pseudoenthusiastic, superenthusiastic, ultraenthusiastic, unenthusiastic
- Related terms
- enthusiasm, enthusiast, champ at the bit, faunch at the bit, fit to burst, happy, exciting, active
- Hypernyms
- emotional
- Hyponyms
- ablaze, agitated, delirious, febrile, fever-pitched, highwrought, impetuous, intoxicate, jazzed, nervicited, overamped, overexcited, overwrought, perfervid, psyched, psyched up, pumped, pumped up, stoked, wired