livelier

ADJECTIVE

energetic, active, busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

animated bright buoyant bustling cheerful enjoyable entertaining festive frisky nimble peppy provocative refreshing spirited stimulating vigorous

WEAK

agile alert animate astir blithe blithesome bouncy brisk buzzing chipper chirpy complex dashing driving effervescent enterprising frolicsome full of pep gay go-go happy hyper industrious involved jocund jumping keen merry perky pert quick rousing snappy sparkling sprightly spry stirring vivacious zippy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic depressed down dull gloomy heavy inactive lethargic sad somber unhappy unpleasant

WEAK

dispirited lifeless sleepy

Example Sentences

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Livelier galliards and almands to some small measure counteract the downcast mood.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2020

“Just about everyone with the young view of things. Livelier, active people with a liking for Pepsi-Cola!”

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2017

Livelier than the Review, less bratty than the Spectator, the Standard is modeled most obviously on the New Republic, but with a more narrow focus on politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Livelier students are on the way: Oxbridge refuses to expand, and redbricks are beginning to get graduates of Britain's top private schools.

From Time Magazine Archive

Livelier, I grant you, but I am still speaking of the form, and not of the spirit.

From Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance by Howells, William Dean