Synonyms for enthusiastic
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Zealous — with zealous fervor; excited, motivated
zealous, ardent, passionate, eager, avid, fervent, fanatical, impassioned, earnest, energetic, vehement, keen, excited, fervid, warm, fanatic, glowing, ebullient, lively, vivacious, active, sanguine
Other
gung-ho, ga-ga, extravagant, psyched slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
an enthusiastic lover of art
Related words
- Word family
- enthusiastically enthusiasm enthusiast
- Is a kind of
- emotional
Example sentences
- passionate I have always been very passionate about politics.
- eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
- ardent He went abroad in opposition to her ardent wishes.
- zealous The only thing worse than an idiot is a zealous idiot.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| enthusiastic | steady | |
| passionate | rising | |
| eager | rising | |
| ardent | steady | |
| zealous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- warm1, keen1, avid2
- 5 letters
- eager2
- 6 letters
- active2, lively2, ardent2, fervid2
- 7 letters
- excited3, glowing2, earnest2, fanatic3, zealous2, fervent2, psyched1
- 8 letters
- sanguine2, vehement3
- 9 letters
- energetic4, fanatical4, vivacious3, ebullient3
- 10 letters
- passionate3
- 11 letters
- extravagant4, impassioned3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- enthousiaste
- Italiano
- entusiastico
- Deutsch
- begeistert