Antonyms for brisk
brɪskbrisk

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1. brisk

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. brisk

   Antonyms:
   slow, heavy, dull, inactive, indolent, sluggish, unenergetic, stagnant

   Synonyms:
   quick, lively, vivacious, active, alert, nimble, sprightly, spirited, animated, prompt, effervescent

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1. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadjective

   quick and energetic

   "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

   Antonyms:
   unenrgetic, debilitating, inactive, lethargic

   Synonyms:
   jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, lively, bouncy, wonderful, dapper, jolly, gay, spanking, springy, alive(p), tonic, fresh, awake(p), nippy, raffish, jaunty, fantastic, alert, merry, terrific, spiffy, rakish, rattling, snappish, howling(a), refreshful, dashing, spirited, full of life, bracing, crisp, whipping, refreshing, zippy, vital

2. bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective

   imparting vitality and energy

   "the bracing mountain air"

   Antonyms:
   inactive, unenrgetic, debilitating, lethargic

   Synonyms:
   tonic, spanking, bracing, wise, refreshful, lively, refreshing, fresh, new, snappy, novel, tonal, smart, reinvigorated, unfermented, accented, impertinent, sweet, unused, saucy, merry, clean, sassy, impudent, refreshed, invigorated, zippy, rattling, overbold, alert

3. briskverb

   very active

   "doing a brisk business"

   Antonyms:
   debilitating, lethargic, unenrgetic, inactive

   Synonyms:
   refreshing, spanking, tonic, refreshful, fresh, alert, zippy, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, bracing

4. brisk, brisk up, briskenverb

   become brisk

   "business brisked up"

   Antonyms:
   debilitating, lethargic, unenrgetic, inactive

   Synonyms:
   brisk up, brisken

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1. briskadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, spirited, sprightly, spry, agile, rapid

How to use brisk in a sentence?

1. Patrick DeHaan:

   If gasoline prices fall even further, we could be in for brisk summer at the pump.

2. Peter Kokkinos:

   The emphasis should be placed on relatively longer exercise duration and moderate intensity, like a brisk walk, especially for older individuals, this approach carries a lower risk of injury.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Lock manufacturers are doing brisk business these days as the sale of its products is highest especially near stock market exchange because while the stock market is falling everyday and distrust growing towards it amongst traders, more and more brokerage house & MF SIP AMC offices are getting locked and unemployment soaring with layoffs

4. Adrian Meule:

   This study showed that brisk walking can be used as a strategy to reduce momentary food craving.

5. Yuri Trutnev:

   We want to develop the Kuriles at a brisk pace, the conditions are ideal there for fishing and fish farming. So we are inviting Japanese companies, and are ready to give them priority in joint ventures ...

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