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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | agog, alert, animate, animated, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, devoted, dying to, eager, earnest, ebullient, fervent, fervid, fierce, fond of, gung ho, impassioned, impatient, intense, intent, interested, lively, perfervid, spirited, sprightly, thirsty, vehement, vivacious, warm, zealous |
| Antonyms: | reluctant, unenthusiastic, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | mad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic; in love |
| Synonyms: | ardent, avid, crazy, daft, devoted, enamoured, enthused, fanatical, fond, hooked, impassioned, infatuated, keen, nuts, wild, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | nuts/nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally deranged |
| Synonyms: | absurd, batty, bedlamite, cracked, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho, harebrained, insane, irrational, keen, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, out of one's mind, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky*, warm, zealous |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partisan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, factional |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adhering, biased, bigoted, blind, cliquish, colored, conspiratorial, denominational, devoted, diehard, exclusive, fanatic, jaundiced, one-sided, overzealous, partial, prejudiced, prepossessed, sectarian, sympathetic, tendentious, unjust, unreasoning, warped, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disinterested |
| Main Entry: | passionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, dramatic, eager, eloquent, emotional, expressive, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, forceful, frenzied, glowing, headlong, heartfelt, heated, high-powered, high-pressure, hot*, hotblooded, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, inspiring, intense, melodramatic, moving, poignant, precipitate, quickened, spirited, steamed up, stimulated, stirring, strong, thrilling, vehement, violent, warm, wild, zealous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dull, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rabid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry; maniacal |
| Synonyms: | berserk, bigoted, bitten, corybantic, crazed, crazy, delirious, deranged, enthusiastic, extreme, extremist, fanatical, fervent, flipped, foaming at the mouth, frantic, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hot*, infuriated, insane, intemperate, intolerant, irrational, keen, mad, mad-dog, narrow-minded, nutty, obsessed, overboard, poisoned, radical, raging, revolutionary, sick*, sizzling, smoking, steamed up, ultra, ultraist, violent, virulent, wild, zealous |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing, inclined |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, apt, ardent, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, fain, game, game for, glad, happy, keen, minded, predisposed, prompt, prone, psyched up, wired, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disinclined, unprepared, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | solicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | anxious, appetent, apprehensive, ardent, athirst, attentive, avid, beside oneself, careful, caring, concerned, devoted, eager, earnest, heedful, impatient, keen, loving, mindful, raring, regardful, tender, thirsty, troubled, uneasy, worried sick, worried stiff, zealous |
| Antonyms: | easy-going, laid-back, unafraid, unworried |
| Main Entry: | spirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, animated, ardent, audacious, avid, bold, bouncy, brave, bright, burning, chirpy, courageous, dauntless, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, fearless, fiery, full of life, game, gingery, gritty, gutsy, high-spirited, hot, hyper, intrepid, jumping, keen, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, peppy, plucky, resolute, rocking, sharp, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, spunky, vigorous, zappy, zealous, zesty, zingy, zippy |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, depressed, dispirited, lazy, lethargic, unhappy, unlively |
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