Words and phrases that have a meaning related to lively: (221 results)
Antonyms:
dull
Often used in the same context:
spirited, delightful, entertaining, energetic, convivial, incisive, vibrant, sprightly, rollicking, enthralling, boisterous, effervescent, scintillating, captivating, playful, feisty, raucous, rumbustious, colorful, witty, frenetic, splendid, pleasant, charming, lighthearted, exuberant, vivacious, zestful, fascinating, congenial, lovely, enchanting, informative, riotous, zesty, amiable, cheerful, classy, insightful, thoughtful, snappy, jovial, enlightening, humorous, freewheeling, lowkey, zippy, enjoyable, genial, interesting, thrilling, dazzling, quirky, irrepressible, engrossing, tuneful, joyful, dull, spellbinding, spritely, superb, vigorous, mesmerizing, uproarious, edgy, neat, frisky, bawdiest, eclectic, riveting, songful, sparkling, ribald, marvelous, unrushed, breezy, electrifying, erudite, exhilarating, intriguing, scrappy, waspish, dynamic, chatty, characterful, memorable, rambunctious, cadenced, industrious, terrific, fabulous, zany, brilliant, ebullient, sedate, cheeky, invigorating, rousing, skilful, funny, irreverent, pulsating, livelier, liveliest, animated, carefree, uninhibited, artless, easygoing, overwrought
Appears in the definition of:
., alertness, allegro, allegro con spirito, animate, blunt, boisterousness, booming, bouncing, bouncy, canty, carioca, chipper, chirpiness, coruscate, cotilion, cotillion, crossfire, dashing, deaden, debonair, debonaire, dull, elating, energy, enliven, enlivened, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilarating, exhilaration, fanfare, farandole, flourish, flourishing, fox terrier, friskiness, frisky, frolicsomeness, gallant, galvanisation, galvanization, ginger up, hooray henry, hotspot, hot spot, invigorate, jaunty, jazz up, juice up, kittenish, live, liven, liven up, marbles, on the qui vive, palmy, peppy, pep up, perked up, prospering, prosperous, reel, roaring, samba, scintillate, scottish reel, shag, shimmy, sparkle, spirited, spiritedly, sportiveness, step, stimulating, swing, tarantella, tarantelle, thriving, tucket, unenlivened, vigor, vigour, vim, vitalise, vitalize, vivace, zippy
Synonyms:
Also try:active, alive, brisk, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, effusive, elastic, eventful, full of life, gushing, merry, racy, rattling, resilient, spanking, sparkly, springy, vital, warm, whippy
— Nouns for lively: interest, discussion, debate, imagination, sense, conversation, manner, discussions, account, picture, faith, more...
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