exuberant

Bursting with energy

Exuberant describes overflowing energy, enthusiasm, or abundance.

An exuberant greeting is effusively warm.

An exuberant personality bubbles with vitality.

The word applies equally to people and to lush, unrestrained growth: exuberant foliage, exuberant prose.

There's always a sense of something spilling beyond normal bounds—not reckless, but irrepressibly full.

energetic

vivacious

Attractively energetic and enthusiastic

dynamic · bouncy · peppy · zippy · sprightly · zestful · vigorous · effervescent · frisky · frolicsome

effusive

gushing

Flowing out forcefully

outpouring · ebullient · voluble · uninhibited · expansive · warm · open · unreserved · over-the-top · fulsome

abundant

lush

Richly abundant in growth

overflowing · bountiful · copious · plentiful · rich · flourishing · verdant · prolific · lavish · opulent

joyful

elated

Intensely, buoyantly pleased

radiant · gleeful · overjoyed · euphoric · rapturous · blissful · thrilled · delighted · high-spirited · sunny

flamboyant

extravagant

Exceeding sensible bounds

  • showyExcessively eye-catching
  • flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
  • boldCourageous and daring

colorful · dramatic · vibrant · ostentatious · dazzling · eye-catching · splashy · loud · baroque · ornate

enthusiastic

eager

Intensely wanting something

  • passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
  • ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
  • ferventIntensely and sincerely felt

zealous · keen · avid · wholehearted · gung-ho · excited · fired-up · intense · impassioned · devoted

Categories
Opposites
emotional energy and mood

exuberantdepressed

Persistently sad, spiritless

gloomy · morose · despondent · glum · dejected

expressiveness and restraint

exuberantrestrained

Held under control

subdued · inhibited · repressed · constrained · reserved

abundance and vitality

exuberantmeager

Deficient in quantity

sparse · scanty · lifeless · spiritless · stunted

Phrases
Family

exuberance, exuberantly, exuberances, overexuberant, overexuberance

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G