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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eager beaver |
| Synonyms: | active person, ambitious person, ball of fire, beaver, busy bee, busy person, doer, dynamo, fireball, hot shot, hustler, live wire, no slouch, pistol, self-starter, sharpy, spark plug, workhorse |
| Main Entry: | dynamic |
| 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: | eager beaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | industrious person |
| Synonyms: | active person, aholic, ambitious person, ball of fire, beaver, busy bee, busy bee, busy person, doer, dynamo, fireball, go-getter, hot shot, live wire, live wire, no slouch, pistol, self-starter, sharpy, spark plug, workhorse |
| Main Entry: | mover and shaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes things happen |
| Synonyms: | VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player, player*, presence, producer, spark plug, spark plug, trailblazer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful, forceful |
| Synonyms: | almighty, authoritative, ball of fire, cogent, commanding, compelling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, efficacious, forcible, full-bodied, go-getter, great, gutsy, impressive, influential, lusty, mighty, persuasive, powerhouse, puissant, punchy, robust, spanking, stiff, strong, sturdy, telling, trenchant, useful, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | disabled, fragile, helpless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, weak |
| Main Entry: | up-and-coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, climbing, coming on strong, determined, eager, enterprising, get up and go, go-getter, high-reaching, hungry, promising, soaring, striving, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | opportunist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vacillator |
| Synonyms: | bounder, carpetbagger, go-getter, ingrate, timeserver, trimmer |
| Main Entry: | rising star |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comer |
| Synonyms: | VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, dynamo, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player*, presence, producer, spark plug, trailblazer, up-and-comer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | up-and-comer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comer |
| Synonyms: | VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, dynamo, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player*, presence, producer, rising star, spark plug, trailblazer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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