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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, bold |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, Trojan, adventuresome, adventurous, assured, audacious, cool, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fiery, fire-eating, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, high-spirited, impavid, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, martial, nervy, plucky, red-blooded, resolute, stalwart, stand tall, stouthearted, strong, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, faint-hearted, fearful, fearing, meek, shy, timid, weak |
| Main Entry: | energetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of life; forceful |
| Synonyms: | active, aggressive, animated, ball of fire, breezy, brisk, demoniac, driving, dynamic, enterprising, forcible, fresh, hardy, high-powered, indefatigable, industrious, kinetic, lively, lusty, peppy, potent, powerful, red-blooded, rugged, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, stalwart, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tireless, tough, unflagging, untiring, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, lazy, lethargic, lifeless, slow, sluggish, tired |
| Main Entry: | lusty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, healthy |
| Synonyms: | brawny, dynamic, hale, hearty, potent, powerful, red-blooded, robust, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous, vital |
| Antonyms: | lethargic, unenergetic, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | strenuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, zealous |
| Synonyms: | active, aggressive, ardent, bold, determined, dynamic, eager, earnest, lusty, persistent, red-blooded, resolute, spirited, strong, tireless, vigorous, vital |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, enervated, lethargic, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | vigorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, powerful |
| Synonyms: | active, athletic, ball of fire, bouncing, brisk, dashing, driving, dynamic, effective, efficient, enterprising, exuberant, flourishing, forceful, forcible, hale, hard-driving, hardy, healthy, hearty, intense, lively, lusty, mettlesome, peppy, persuasive, potent, red-blooded, robust, rugged, snappy, sound, spanking, spirited, steamroller, strapping, strenuous, strong, strong as an ox, sturdy, take-charge, take-over, tough, vital, zealous, zippy |
| Notes: | rigorous means demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; vigorous means strong and active physically or mentally |
| Antonyms: | enervated, idle, impotent, inactive, lethargic, weak |
| Main Entry: | virile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | potent, powerful |
| Synonyms: | driving, energetic, forceful, generative, lusty, macho*, procreative, red-blooded, reproductive, robust, sound, strong, vibrant, vigorous, vital |
| Antonyms: | effeminate, impotent, unmanly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | animated, dynamic, energetic, forceful, lusty, red-blooded, spirited, strenuous, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, zestful |
| Notes: | the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...) |
| Antonyms: | dull, sluggish |
| Main Entry: | manly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
| Synonyms: | audacious, beefcake, bold, brave, colt, confident, daring, dauntless, dignified, fearless, firm, gallant, hardy, he-man, heroic, hunk, intrepid, jock, jockstrap, lion-hearted, macho, male, manful, manlike, masculine, muscular, noble, powerful, red-blooded, resolute, robust, self-reliant, stately, staunch, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, stud, tiger, two-fisted, undaunted, valiant, valorous, vigorous, virile, well-built |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, weak |
| Main Entry: | masculine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manlike |
| Synonyms: | adult, ape, beefcake, bold, brave, caveman, courageous, gallant, generative, hairy, hardy, honorable, hunk, jock, macho, male, manful, manly, mannish, muscular, potent, powerful, red-blooded, resolute, robust, stallion, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, stud, tuna, two-fisted, vigorous, virile, well-built |
| Antonyms: | feminine |
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