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fireball
adjective as in active
Strongest matches
adjective as in ambitious
Strongest matches
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- anxious
- ardent
- aspiring
- avid
- ball of fire
- bent upon
- climbing
- come on
- come on strong
- designing
- desirous
- driving
- eager
- eager beaver
- enterprising
- get up and go
- go-getter
- goal-oriented
- hard ball
- high-reaching
- hopeful
- hungry
- industrious
- inspired
- intent
- longing
- power-loving
- purposeful
- pushing
- pushy
- self-starting
- sharp
- soaring
- striving
- thirsty
- vaulting
- zealous
adjective as in capable
Strongest matches
adjective as in competent
Weak matches
- adapted
- all around
- appropriate
- au fait
- being a pistol
- clever
- complete
- crisp
- dynamite
- endowed
- enough
- equal
- fit
- fool
- good
- know ins and outs
- know one's business
- know one's stuff
- know the answers
- know the ropes
- know the score
- no slouch
- on the ball
- paid one's dues
- pertinent
- polished
- satisfactory
- savvy
- sufficient
- suitable
- there
- up to it
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- wicked
adjective as in untiring
Weak matches
- constant
- continued
- continuing
- dedicated
- devoted
- dogged
- eager beaver
- firm
- go-go
- grind
- hyper
- incessant
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- inexhaustible
- jumping
- patient
- perky
- persistent
- pertinacious
- plodding
- plugging
- resolute
- staunch
- steady
- strong
- tenacious
- tireless
- unceasing
- undeterred
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- unflinching
- unremitting
- unstinted
- unswerving
- unwavering
- unwearied
adjective as in zealous
noun as in dynamo
noun as in eager beaver
noun as in go-getter
noun as in shooting star
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Other footage captures people rushing to extinguish the flames amid screams and explosions sending fireballs into the night sky.
The comet will look like a bright fireball with a long, extended tail, said Bill Cooke, lead of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, KABC-TV reported.
As it crashed into Earth's atmosphere, it would have formed a fireball.
Moments later, five fireballs bloom along the deck, engulfing the entire length of the ship in plumes of black smoke.
“There was a loud explosion recorded by a number of individuals on campus and some individuals reported seeing a fireball,” Carvalho said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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