Synonyms for excited
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Eager — having great enthusiasm, passion and energy
eager, nervous, enthusiastic, agitated, aroused, agog, passionate, delirious, worked up informal, aflutter, keen, flustered, perturbed, hot, stimulated, warm, glowing, emotional, impassioned, ardent, fervent, animated
2. Crazy
3. Thrilled
Other
drunk, intoxicated, activated, fevered, febrile, wigged-out slang, atwitter rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.
He was very excited about his promotion.
- adj. 2
Being in a state of higher energy.
The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.
- adj. 3
Having an erection; erect.
Related words
- Word family
- excitedly
- Phrases
- excited delirium
Example sentences
- nervous Waiting a long time for a friend makes me nervous.
- eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
- enthusiastic He always stands off when people are enthusiastic.
- agitated She was agitated by the news of her lover's death.
- thrilled I thought that Tom would be thrilled to see Mary.
- activated The hostage-taker activated the timer of the bomb.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| excited | rising | |
| nervous | rising | |
| eager | rising | |
| enthusiastic | steady | |
| agitated | rising | |
| thrilled | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hot1, mad1
- 4 letters
- warm1, keen1, agog2
- 5 letters
- crazy2, drunk1, eager2
- 6 letters
- ardent2, elated3
- 7 letters
- nervous2, glowing2, aroused2, frantic2, fervent2, febrile, fevered2
- 8 letters
- animated4, thrilled1, agitated4, enthused2, aflutter3, atwitter
- 9 letters
- emotional4, activated4, delirious4, flustered2, perturbed2
- 10 letters
- passionate3, stimulated4, titillated4
- 11 letters
- intoxicated5, impassioned3
- 12 letters
- enthusiastic5, unrestrained3, disconcerted
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agog2 = 2 syllables).