esprit
Lively mental quickness
Esprit is liveliness of mind or spirit—wit, cleverness, and animated intelligence.
The word is borrowed from French and retains a slightly elevated tone in English.
It appears most often in the phrase esprit de corps, meaning the shared pride and loyalty that binds members of a group: The team's esprit de corps carried them through the difficult season.
Mental quickness and skill
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- quipBrief, clever remark
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
humor · irony · sarcasm · satire · drollery · raillery · wisecrack · jest
Technique creating movement illusion
- verveSpirited enthusiasm
- elanVigorous, stylish enthusiasm
- brioVigorous liveliness
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
vitality · energy · exuberance · effervescence · dynamism · vim · panache · liveliness
Seat of consciousness
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- acumenSharpness of mind
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
- perspicacityKeen mental perception
insight · shrewdness · astuteness · ingenuity · discernment · perception · understanding · reason
Goodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
- unityWholeness through cohesion
teamwork · brotherhood · sisterhood · loyalty · cohesion · bond · togetherness · comradeship
cleverness
Mental quickness and skill
wordplay · humor · irony · sarcasm · satire · drollery · raillery · wisecrack · jest · jocularity
animation
Technique creating movement illusion
zest · vitality · energy · exuberance · effervescence · dynamism · vim · panache · liveliness · buoyancy
mind
Seat of consciousness
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- acumenSharpness of mind
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
perspicacity · insight · shrewdness · astuteness · ingenuity · discernment · perception · understanding · reason · cognition
camaraderie
Goodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
unity · teamwork · brotherhood · sisterhood · loyalty · cohesion · bond · togetherness · comradeship · kinship
- witwit, witticism, quip, cleverness, repartee
- witticismsquips, witticisms, witticism, bon mots, bon mot
- salonsliterary salon, hostess, hostesses, drawing room, drawing rooms
- croyancescredo, certitude, superstition, miracle, providence
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- corps humainbras, dos, main, pied, cartilage
espritdullness
Lack of stimulation
stupidity · obtuseness · slow-wittedness · stolidity · witlessness
espritlethargy
Abnormal drowsiness and apathy
sluggishness · torpidity · listlessness · torpor · languor
espritdullness
Lack of stimulation
tedium · boredom · flatness · dreariness · leadenness
- esprit de corpsShared pride among members