Synonyms: energetic
Definition: possessing or exerting or displaying energy
Usage: an energetic fund raiser for the college; an energetic group of hikers; it caused an energetic chemical reaction
Similar words: physical
Definition: characterized by energetic bodily activity
Usage: a very physical dance performance
Similar words: rattling, alert, spanking, snappy, zippy, brisk, merry, lively
Definition: quick and energetic
Usage: a brisk walk in the park; a lively gait; a merry chase; traveling at a rattling rate; a snappy pace; a spanking breeze
Similar words: canty
Definition: lively and brisk
Similar words: driving
Definition: acting with vigor
Usage: responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive
Similar words: high-energy
Definition: providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction
Similar words: indefatigable, unwearying, unflagging, tireless
Definition: showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
Usage: an indefatigable advocate of equal rights; a tireless worker; unflagging pursuit of excellence
Similar words: strenuous
Definition: characterized by or performed with much energy or force
Usage: strenuous exercise
Similar words: vigorous
Definition: characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
Usage: a vigorous hiker; gave her skirt a vigorous shake; a vigorous campaign; a vigorous foreign policy; vigorous opposition to the war
Synonyms: energetic, industrious, gumptious, up-and-coming
Definition: working hard to promote an enterprise
Similar words: enterprising
Definition: marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
Usage: an enterprising foreign policy; an enterprising young man likely to go far