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Synonyms for ebullient

  • adjective

Most common

cheerful high-spirited exuberant vivacious lit up seething zestful

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Exuberant — enthusiastic; high-spirited

exuberant, high-spirited, vivacious, cheerful, enthusiastic, spirited, hearty, buoyant, sprightly, lively, brisk

2. Effervescent — of a liquid, boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling

effervescent, bubbly, sparkling, fizzy, boiling, abubble, spumescent rare

Other

seething, lit up, zestful

Antonyms

sad, cheerless, saturnine

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

  2. adj. 2

    Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.

Related words

Word family
ebulliently ebullience

Example sentences

  • cheerful She is loved by everybody because she is cheerful.
  • exuberant Those children are in exuberant spirits.
  • vivacious Mary was very vivacious and easy to talk to.
  • seething Mary is seething with rage she feels unable to express.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ebullientsteady
cheerfulrising
exuberantrising
vivaciousrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
brisk1, fizzy
6 letters
lively2, hearty2, bubbly2
7 letters
boiling2, buoyant2, zestful2, abubble
8 letters
cheerful2, spirited3, seething2
9 letters
sparkling2, exuberant4, vivacious3, sprightly2
10 letters
spumescent
12 letters
enthusiastic5, effervescent4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lively2 = 2 syllables).