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Definitions

pizzazz

NOUN
energy; flamboyance
Synonyms
STRONG
ability animation aptitude bounce dash drive effectiveness fire force forcefulness get-up-and-go gift hustle intensity juice knack life liveliness moxie muscle oomph panache pep pluck potency power presence punch push shine spirit splash spunk stamina vim virility vitality vivacity zeal zest zing zip
WEAK
élan
Antonyms
STRONG
apathy cowardice disability discouragement dispiritedness dullness idleness impotence inability inactivity incapacity incompetence indifference ineffectiveness lack laziness lethargy lifelessness powerlessness reality spiritlessness stupidity weakness

Example Sentences

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He paid a high price for his lack of pizzazz when he ran for president in 2002.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

He liked a bit of pomp and pizzazz as president.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

The early scenes have a certain ponderous solemnity as two hunter-warrior-predator brothers from the Yautja race fight for honor with weapons that combine the clank of all things medieval with modern pizzazz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Costume designer Paula Bradley drapes Kardashian and her co-stars in a range of expensive fabrics, occasionally burying them in a dead animal or Muppet skin to add pizzazz.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

Surely her cockiness, her optimism and energy, her pizzazz, will get her out of this.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.