Synonyms for excited
ɪkˈsaɪ tɪdex·cit·ed

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1. excitedadjective

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

2. excitedadjective

   Having great enthusiasm.

   He was very excited about his promotion.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

3. excitedadjective

   Being in a state of higher energy.

   The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

4. excitedadjective

   Having an erection; erect.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. excited

   Synonyms:
   agitated, boisterous, disturbed, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, roused, ruffled, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild, wrathful

   Antonyms:
   calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled

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1. aroused, emotional, excited, worked upadjective

   (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

   "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

   Synonyms:
   aroused, horny, stimulated, delirious, aflame, ruttish, emotional, stirred, activated, turned on(p), randy, frantic, unrestrained, mad, worked up, wound up, steamy, stirred up, ablaze

   Antonyms:
   unexcited, tame, unreactive, unagitated

2. excitedadjective

   in an aroused state

   Synonyms:
   mad, emotional, unrestrained, aroused, activated, delirious, frantic, worked up

   Antonyms:
   unagitated, unreactive, tame, unexcited

3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrainedadjective

   marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

   "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   aroused, huffy, unbalanced, unhinged, mad, delirious, sick, disturbed, hallucinating, emotional, insane, harebrained, frenetic, brainsick, phrenetic, activated, demented, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sore, worked up, frenzied

   Antonyms:
   unagitated, unreactive, tame, unexcited

4. activated, excitedadjective

   (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

   Synonyms:
   emotional, unrestrained, aroused, mad, activated, delirious, frantic, worked up

   Antonyms:
   tame, unexcited, unagitated, unreactive

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1. happy

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. excitedadjective

   Synonyms:
   perturbed, agitated, disconcerted

   Antonyms:
   calm, serene, tranquil, nonchalant

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1. List of paraphrases for "excited":

   horny, psyched, enthusiastic, thrilled, packaged, happy, aroused, impatient, exciting, excite, febrile, agitated, pleased, nervous, eager, pumped

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How to use excited in a sentence?

1. Michael Edelman:

   Quantum dots require a tiny amount of energy to operate, whenever you have a material that gives off a very bright pure light with a tiny amount of energy, people start getting excited.

2. Jonny Kim:

   Im excited for the adventure, i think itll be another occupation where I say, I cant believe Im getting paid for doing this.

3. Bill Scapell:

   Everything has turned on its head in 2016, the things people got excited about in bank earnings have fallen away.

4. Aroldis Chapman:

   I was very excited and happy to see the fans receive me the way they did.

5. Steven Pruett:

   People aren't going to be excited about running rigs if they can't move their crude oil.