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excitement
noun as in enthusiasm; incitement
Strongest matches
adventure, buzz, commotion, confusion, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, frenzy, furor, fuss, hysteria, motivation, passion, rage, thrill, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, warmth
Strong matches
action, activity, ado, agitation, animation, bother, discomposure, disturbance, dither, excitation, ferment, fever, flurry, heat, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurry, impulse, instigation, intoxication, kicks, melodrama, motive, movement, perturbation, provocation, stimulation, stimulus, stir, titillation, to-do, urge, wildness
Example Sentences
The top two sharpshooters in NBA history squared off Monday night — Clippers three-point king James Harden and Golden State long-distance wonder Stephen Curry bringing a high level of excitement to the Intuit Dome.
"We had a couple who were coming here for their first wedding anniversary, you could see the excitement in their eyes."
“I live in fear but also excitement at the idea that he might actually watch this,” Yu says.
While some advocates wish nuclear revitalization wasn’t being driven by energy-hungry AI technology, the excitement around nuclear power is more palpable than it has been in a generation, they say.
The real excitement came when the 20-story-tall booster rocket returned to the launch site and was caught in mid-air by two giant metal arms.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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