Synonyms and Antonyms of spirited
1
marked by a lively display of strong feeling
- the town meeting featured a spirited debate about the proposed ban on skateboarding in the plaza downtown
aggressive, ambitious, assertive, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant, pushy
animate, animated, bouncing, bouncy, brisk, energetic, feisty, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, peppy, perky, pert, racy, scrappy, snappy, spanking, sparky, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
ardent, fervent, impassioned, passionate
emphatic, obtrusive
bloodless, boring, dull, lifeless
dead, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, limp, listless
inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid
low-pressure, nonassertive, unaggressive, unambitious, unassertive, unenterprising
2
having much high-spirited energy and movement
- a team known for its spirited and in-your-face basketball
active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
dapper, dashing, spiffy
agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake
agile, nimble, spry
bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, chirrupy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat
eager, enthusiastic, keen
frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful
boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited
high-strung, nervous, skittish
indolent, lazy, unambitious
inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary
apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid
boring, dull, irksome, tedious
dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid
