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Synonyms for lively
ˈlaɪv lilive·ly
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
lively
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.
Synonyms:
active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
livelyadjective
full of life and energy
"a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"
Synonyms:
vital, racy, spanking, bouncy, merry, springy, full of life, alert, zippy, live, brisk, rattling, snappy, resilientAntonyms:
inelastic, lethargic, dull, monotonous, leaden, heavy, spiritless, lacklustre, unanimated, dreary, unenrgetic, bovine, lackluster, desiccate, humdrum, desiccated, drab, lustreless, uneventful, lusterless, aridlively, racyadjective
full of zest or vigor
"a racy literary style"
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spanking, live, resilient, full-bodied, robust, springy, gamy, bouncy, snappy, juicy, risque, vital, brisk, racy, blue, naughty, gamey, merry, rich, spicy, zippy, full of life, rattling, alertAntonyms:
inelastic, lackluster, unanimated, heavy, bovine, uneventful, lustreless, lethargic, unenrgetic, desiccate, desiccated, humdrum, arid, lusterless, dull, dreary, lacklustre, monotonous, spiritless, drab, leadenalert, 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"
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jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), brisk, wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, 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, vitalAntonyms:
uneventful, humdrum, drab, leaden, lackluster, dull, dreary, lacklustre, lethargic, heavy, lustreless, bovine, spiritless, unenrgetic, desiccated, inelastic, lusterless, desiccate, arid, monotonous, unanimatedbouncy, live, lively, resilient, springyadjective
elastic; rebounds readily
"clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
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spirited, hot, spanking, live, resilient, full of life, alive(p), bouncy, snappy, vital, brisk, racy, rattling, peppy, merry, alive, unrecorded, zippy, bouncing, springy, live(a), alertAntonyms:
heavy, uneventful, lusterless, arid, leaden, monotonous, lethargic, dreary, desiccate, dull, drab, desiccated, lacklustre, bovine, spiritless, lackluster, inelastic, humdrum, unenrgetic, lustreless, unanimatedlivelyadjective
filled with events or activity
"a lively period in history"
Synonyms:
vital, racy, spanking, bouncy, merry, springy, full of life, alert, zippy, live, brisk, rattling, snappy, resilientAntonyms:
arid, uneventful, humdrum, leaden, unanimated, monotonous, lusterless, bovine, lustreless, desiccated, desiccate, unenrgetic, lacklustre, lackluster, lethargic, drab, dreary, inelastic, spiritless, dull, heavyfull of life, lively, vitaladjective
full of spirit
"a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"
Synonyms:
spanking, live, resilient, springy, bouncy, snappy, vital, brisk, racy, critical, life-sustaining, merry, zippy, full of life, rattling, alertAntonyms:
inelastic, bovine, desiccated, lusterless, monotonous, unanimated, lacklustre, desiccate, spiritless, humdrum, leaden, arid, lackluster, drab, uneventful, unenrgetic, lustreless, heavy, lethargic, dull, dreary
Dictionary of English Synonymes
livelyadjective
Synonyms:
active, agile, nimble, dapper, supple, brisk, alert, quick, stirring, SPRY, smartlivelyadjective
Synonyms:
animated, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, airy, gay, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, joyous, frolicsome, buxom, debonair, full of lifelivelyadjective
livelyadjective
Synonyms:
vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, glowing, sparkling, racy, piquant, impassioned
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How to use lively in a sentence?
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
Humility makes us more friendly Happiness makes us more lively. Love makes us more caring Dream makes us more daring. Trust makes us more forgiving Kindness makes us more loving. Hope gives us the joy of dreaming Peace gives us the joy of living.
A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.
And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.
Anne Frank was a very lively girl and always wanted to draw a lot of people around her and wanted to be the centre of attention.
Translations for lively
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- بحيويةArabic
- vivaçCatalan, Valencian
- живъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- bywWelsh
- livligDanish
- lebhaftGerman
- vigoroso, burbujeante, vivaz, espumoso, vibrantemente, animado, vívidamente, briosoSpanish
- vilkas, eläväinenFinnish
- animée, animéFrench
- cróganta, cróga, crógachIrish
- beò, aighearachScottish Gaelic
- élénk, elevenHungarian
- hidupIndonesian
- vivace, brioso, briosaItalian
- מלא חייםHebrew
- 기운찬Korean
- livelyLatin
- žirgts, spirgti, žirgti, spirgts, moži, kustīgs, ņipri, mundrs, možs, ņiprs, mundri, kustīgiLatvian
- levendigDutch
- livligNorwegian
- żywyPolish
- vibrante, Animado, vivaz, animadaPortuguese
- о, жи́во, оживлённо, пе́нистый, оживлённыйRussian
- živahenSlovene
- livligSwedish
- canlıTurkish
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