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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | appetite, appreciation, ardor, brio, delectation, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, fervor, heart, liking, palate, passion, pleasure, relish, savor, taste, verve, zeal, zest |
| Antonyms: | apathy, reluctance, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | eagerness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm, anxiousness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ambition, anticipation, ardor, avidity, earnestness, excitement, fervor, greediness, gusto, heartiness, hunger, impatience, impetuosity, intentness, keenness, longing, promptness, quickness, solicitude, thirst, vehemence, voracity, yearning, zeal, zest, zing |
| Antonyms: | apathy, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | éclat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style |
| Synonyms: | brio, dash, dynamism, flair, flourish, gusto, oomph, panache, pizzazz*, stylishness, verve, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, zest, zing, élan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enjoyment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight in something |
| Synonyms: | amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, savor, self-indulgence, sensuality, thrill, triumph, zest |
| Antonyms: | displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, vigor |
| Synonyms: | ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor, force, ginger, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep, punch*, radiance, red heat, scintillation, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat, zeal, zing, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odor and taste |
| Synonyms: | acidity, aroma, astringency, bitterness, essence, extract, gusto, hotness, piquancy, pungency, relish, saltiness, sapidity, sapor, savor, seasoning, smack, sourness, spiciness, sweetness, tang, tartness, twang, vim, wallop, zest, zing |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning, brightness |
| Synonyms: | afterglow, bloom, blossom, blush, brilliance, effulgence, flush, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, gusto, heat, incandescence, intensity, lambency, light, luminosity, passion, phosphorescence, radiance, ray, splendor, vividness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's emotions |
| Synonyms: | affection, benevolence, character, compassion, concern, disposition, feeling, gusto, humanity, inclination, love, nature, palate, pity, relish, response, sensitivity, sentiment, soul, sympathy, temperament, tenderness, understanding, zest |
| Antonyms: | head |
| Main Entry: | pep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vim, vigor |
| Synonyms: | animation, bang, birr, energy, get-up-and-go, go, gusto, hardihood, high spirits, life, liveliness, moxie*, potency, punch*, push, snap*, spirit, starch, tuck, verve, vitality, vivacity, zip |
| Antonyms: | apathy, inactivity, lethargy, lifelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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