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dynamic
[dahy-nam-ik] 
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dynamic
[dahy-nam-ik]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, vital |
| Synonyms: | activating, aggressive, changing, charismatic, coming on strong, compelling, driving, effective, electric, energetic, energizing, enterprising, forceful, forcible, go-ahead, go-getter, go-getting, highpowered, hyped-up, influential, intense, lively, lusty, magnetic, peppy*, play for keeps, play hard ball, potent, powerful, productive, progressive, red-blooded, strenuous, vehement, vigorous, vitalizing, zippy |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, boring, dull, inactive, passive, unexciting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
| Synonyms: | assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, laid-back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being animately existent |
| Synonyms: | animate, around, awake, breathing, cognizant, conscious, dynamic, existing, extant, functioning, growing, knowing, live, living, mortal, operative, running, subsisting, viable, vital, working, zoetic |
| Antonyms: | dead, deceased, inanimate, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | alive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being active, full of life |
| Synonyms: | abounding, alert, animated, awake, brisk, bustling, cheerful, dynamic, eager, energetic, lively, overflowing, quick, ready, replete, rife, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, swarming, teeming, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zestful |
| Antonyms: | dispirited, dull, lifeless, morose, sluggish, spiritless |
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | activated, active, alert, animated, dynamic, energized, gay, happy, spirited, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | discouraged, dull, quiet, shy, spiritless |
| Main Entry: | animated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | activated, active, alert, animate, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, energized, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, happy, passionate, peppy, quick, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vitalized, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zestful, zingy, zippy |
| Main Entry: | bubbly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vivacious |
| Synonyms: | animated, bubbling, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, full of beans, full of life, high-spirited, lively, peppy*, perky, sparkling, spirited, vibrant, zesty |
| Antonyms: | dull, listless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | driving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forceful |
| Synonyms: | active, compelling, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, galvanic, impellent, lively, propulsive, sweeping, urging, vigorous, violent |
| Antonyms: | unforceful, weak, wimpy |
| Main Entry: | effective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in use at the time |
| Synonyms: | active, actual, current, direct, dynamic, in effect, in execution, in force, in operation, operative, real |
| Antonyms: | inoperative, useless |
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