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Synonyms for spunky

  • adjective

Most common

spirited gritty mettlesome feisty spunkish

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Spirited

spirited, gritty, game, gamey, mettlesome, courageous

2. Plucky

plucky informal, feisty

Other

spunkish, jizzy slang

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Spirited or plucky.

  2. adj. 2

    Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).

Example sentences

  • spirited She chose the most spirited horse in the stable.
  • gritty This novel is praised for its gritty realism.
  • feisty I think of them as feisty rather than uppity.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spunkyrising
spiritedrising
grittyrising
mettlesomesteady
feistyrising

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

By length

4 letters
game1
5 letters
gamey, jizzy
6 letters
gritty2, feisty2, plucky2
8 letters
spirited3, spunkish
10 letters
courageous3, mettlesome

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gritty2 = 2 syllables).