Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | blood-tingling, boss*, breathtaking, electrifying, enchanting, exquisite, fab, fabulous, frantic, gripping, hair-raising, large, mad, magnificent, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, miraculous, overwhelming, rip-roaring, riveting, rousing, sensational, shivering, stimulating, stirring, swinging, trembling, wild, wondrous, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | depressing, discouraging, upsetting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breathtaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, awesome |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, heart-stirring, heart-stopping, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, ugly |
| Main Entry: | delightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant, charming |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, captivating, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy* |
| Notes: | delightful is more general than delectable which describes a sensual experience |
| Antonyms: | bad, disappointing, horrible, unamusing, unenjoyable, unhappy, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, tragicomic, vivid |
| Antonyms: | comedic, normal, ordinary, undramatic, unexciting, unmoving, usual |
| Main Entry: | electric/electrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charged; energetic |
| Synonyms: | AC, DC, dynamic, electrifying, exciting, juiced, magnetic, motor-driven, power-driven, rousing, stimulating, stirring, tense, thrilling, voltaic |
| Antonyms: | boring, uncharged, unenergetic, unexciting |
| Main Entry: | emotional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative about feelings |
| Synonyms: | affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot-blooded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, roused, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirred, stirring, susceptible, tear-jerking, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous |
| Notes: | emotional means 'affected by an emotion' while emotive means 'drawing out or evoking emotion' |
| Antonyms: | physical |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, be a ball, captivating, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unamusing, unfunny, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exhilarating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating, cheering |
| Synonyms: | animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, electric, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, eye-popping, gladdening, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, quickening, rousing, stimulative, stirring, thrilling, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing |
| Antonyms: | agitating, boring, depressing, discouraging, upsetting, worrying |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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