Synonyms for spunky
ˈspʌŋ kispunky

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1. feisty, plucky, spunkyadjective

   showing courage

   "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"

   Synonyms:
   mettlesome, gritty, feisty, spirited, gamey, thin-skinned, game, plucky, touchy, huffy, gutsy, gamy

   Antonyms:
   fearful, spiritless, cowardly

2. game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunkyadjective

   willing to face danger

   Synonyms:
   spirited, lame, zippy, spicy, granulose, high, gamy, racy, gimpy, juicy, feisty, blue, mettlesome, coarse-grained, crippled, risque, granular, mealy, bouncy, naughty, gamey, halting, gritty, peppy, enlivened, halt, grainy, bouncing, farinaceous, plucky, game

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, cowardly, fearful

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1. spunkyadjective

   Synonyms:
   mettlesome, plucky, spirited

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1. Nina Daniele:

   The Femlin’s this spontaneous, spunky, smart, mischievous, tiny little woman who sticks The Femlin in between places, the Femlin’s the life of the party … The Femlin has all of these wonderful characteristics, but The Femlin’s also imperious to society’s beliefs and restrictions. They do n’t apply to The Femlin … Society’s restrictions do n’t apply to any of us at all. We need to show society that women as a whole, we are imperious to those restrictions. That’s what The Femlin stands for. Even though I ’m on the cover, it’s me, but I ’m The Femlin. I am portraying what The Femlin stands for … It’s a homage to The Femlin and how Hugh Hefner in 2017 viewed women in society.

2. Bobbi Gordon:

   She was young and spunky, so that was our biggest worry, that she wouldn't know what was too rough.