Synonyms for energetic
ˌɛn ərˈdʒɛt ɪken·er·get·ic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. energetic

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. energeticadjective

   possessing or exerting or displaying energy

   "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

   Synonyms:
   industrious, up-and-coming, gumptious

   Antonyms:
   languid, logy, groggy, unenterprising, unenrgetic, lackadaisical, foggy, nonenterprising, dreamy, listless, dazed, languorous, stuporous, lethargic

2. energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-comingadjective

   working hard to promote an enterprise

   Synonyms:
   industrious, up-and-coming, hardworking, gumptious, tireless, untiring

   Antonyms:
   logy, unenrgetic, lethargic, foggy, lackadaisical, groggy, nonenterprising, unenterprising, dreamy, listless, languid, stuporous, dazed, languorous

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1. sprack

   uk dialectal meaning lively or full of energy

   Submitted by acronimous on December 12, 2017  

2. vinsciousadjective

   full of life and vitality

   Submitted by dillianwellman on October 16, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. energeticadjective

   Synonyms:
   vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, strong, effective, efficacious, potent

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1. energeticadjective

   Synonyms:
   forcible, potent, vigorous, cogent, active, strenuous, effective

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1. List of paraphrases for "energetic":

   vigorous, forceful, strong, dynamic, high-energy, robust, vibrant, active, aggressive, strenuous, energy

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1. Raphael Sonenshein:

   It's a very energetic convention with a lot of people with their own opinions, what you say to make them happy may come back to haunt you later.

2. Brenda Ueland:

   I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.

3. Yvette Simpson:

   The idea that at the most critical moment for our party and for country, party leadership is attacking the most energetic and the most bold of us and, frankly, our present and our future, is appalling to me.

4. Judy Rogg:

   Erik Robinson was very energetic, very active, very smart, very perceptive, erik Robinson earned Erik Robinson privileges … Erik Robinson had responsibilities and understood them.

5. Kim Min-jeong:

   The strength, the outer beauty of muscles, the positive attitudes and energetic images of these women become the motivation, women now have higher social status and bigger roles in society.