Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| activeness | the quality of being active. |
| alacrity | briskness, liveliness. |
| alert | ready for sudden action (verb) to warn |
| animatedly | (Adv.) ANIMATED. |
| animation | the state of being animated. |
| antsiness | the state of being antsy, eager, excited. |
| antsy | eager, excited. |
| athletic | like an athlete. |
| athletically | (Adv.) ATHLETIC. |
| aygre | (Shakesp.) eager. |
| bazazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| bezazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| bizazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| bobbish | hearty, in good spirits. |
| brilliante | (Fr.) with spirit, lively. |
| brisk | quick of movement (verb) to make or become brisk |
| brisken | to make brisk. |
| briskish | somewhat brisk. |
| briskly | (Adv.) BRISK, quick of movement. |
| brisky | (Shakesp.) brisk. |
| cantiness | (Scots) cheerfulness, liveliness. |
| cheerly | (Arch.) cheerful. |
| crank | lively (noun) an arm on a shaft for communicating motion to or from the shaft; an eccentric (verb) to turn (a shaft) using a crank |
| crankly | (Adv.) CRANK, lively. |
| crouse | (Scots) lively, pert, arrogant. |
| crousely | (Adv.) CROUSE, lively, pert, arrogant. |
| deedful | full of deeds or exploits. |
| deedily | (Adv.) DEEDY, industrious, active. |
| deedy | (Dial.) industrious, active. |
| ebullience | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings. |
| ebulliency | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings. |
| ebullient | bubbling with enthusiasm or excitement. |
| ebulliently | (Adv.) EBULLIENT, exuberant. |
| elan | (Fr.) ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm. |
| empresse | (Fr.) eager, enthusiastic. |
| enliven | to make lively. |
| feistily | (Adv.) FEISTY, full of spirit. |
| feistiness | the state of being feisty. |
| feisty | full of spirit, spunky. |
| fizzen | (Scots) physical energy or strength. |
| flisky | (Scots) restive, whimsical. |
| foison | (Scots) physical energy or strength. |
| frack | (Scots) prompt, eager; (verb) to engage in fracking for shale oil. |
| friskful | brisk; lively; frolicsome. |
| friskily | (Adv.) FRISKY, lively. |
| friskiness | the state of being frisky. |
| frisky | lively. |
| frolicky | frolicsome. |
| fushion | (Scots) physical energy or strength. |
| gaillard | (Obs.) brisk, lively. |
| gaillarde | (Obs.) brisk, lively. |
| gamesome | playful, merry, sportive. |
| gamesomely | (Adv.) GAMESOME, playful. |
| gamesomeness | the state of being gamesome. |
| gammock | (Dial.) to frolic. |
| gaucie | (Scots) portly, jolly. |
| gaucy | (Scots) portly, jolly. |
| gawcy | (Scots) portly, jolly. |
| gawsie | (Scots) portly, jolly. |
| gawsy | (Scots) portly, jolly. |
| goey | enterprising, go-ahead. |
| grushie | (Scots) healthy, thriving. |
| gusto | (Ital.) zest; an individual taste. |
| jantee | (Obs.) jaunty, sprightly. |
| jauntee | (Obs.) jaunty, sprightly. |
| jauntiness | the state of being jaunty. |
| jism | (Coll.) energy, force; semen. |
| jissom | (Coll.) energy, force; semen. |
| jivey | jazzy, lively. |
| jivy | jazzy, lively. |
| joco | (Scots) cheerfully complacent; (noun) a joke. |
| jollify | to make jolly. |
| kedgy | (Scots) brisk, cheerful. |
| kicky | exciting. |
| kidge | (Scots) brisk, cheerful. |
| leish | (Scots) active, supple. |
| lifeful | full of vitality. |
| lifesome | (Arch.) animated; sprightly. |
| lifull | (Spenser) full of vital energy. |
| live | having life (verb) to function as an animal or plant |
| livelihead | (Obs.) liveliness. |
| livelily | (Adv.) LIVELY, full of energy. |
| liveliness | the state of being lively. |
| lively | full of energy. |
| liveness | the quality of being live. |
| livingness | the state of being alive. |
| lustick | (Obs.) lusty, healthy. |
| lustihead | (Arch.) lustiness. |
| lustihood | (Arch.) lustiness. |
| lustily | (Adv.) LUSTY, full of life and desire. |
| lustiness | the state of being lusty. |
| lustique | (Obs.) lusty, healthy. |
| lusty | full of life and desire. |
| lyfull | (Spenser) full of vital energy. |
| mettled | mettlesome, high-spirited. |
| mettlesome | full of mettle. |
| mettlesomeness | the state of being mettlesome. |
| nimblesse | (Spenser) quickness of motion in body or mind. |
| oomph | zest, vigour. |
| overlusty | (Shakesp.) too lusty. |
| pacey | fast, lively, smart. |
| pacy | fast, lively, smart. |
| panache | (Fr.) dash or flamboyance in style; verve. |
| pazazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| pazzazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| peart | active, lively, brisk; smart. |
| peartly | (Adv.) PEART, active. |
| peartness | the state of being peart. |
| pep | vigour or spirit (verb) to put pep into |
| pepful | full of pep. |
| peppily | (Adv.) PEPPY, full of pep. |
| peppiness | being peppy. |
| peppy | full of pep. |
| perkily | (Adv.) PERKY, cheerful, lively. |
| perkish | somewhat perky. |
| perky | cheerful, lively. |
| piert | active; lively; brisk; (noun) a small plant with greenish leaves. |
| pizazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| pizazzy | full of pizazz > PIZAZZIER, PIZAZZIEST. |
| pizzaz | panache, flamboyance. |
| pizzazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| pizzazzy | full of pizzazz, panache, flamboyance > PIZZAZZIER, PIZZAZZIEST. |
| pzazz | panache, flamboyance. |
| rampacious | (Dickens) turbulent, unruly. |
| rampageous | turbulent; unruly. |
| requicken | (Shakesp.) to give new life to. |
| rompish | given to rude play; inclined to romp. |
| rompishly | (Adv.) ROMPISH, inclined to romp. |
| rorty | (Aust. sl.) lively, enjoyable. |
| skeigh | (Scots) (of a horse) skittish, spirited; (of a person, esp a woman) shy, coy, disdainful, proud. |
| skippy | frolicsome, exuberant. |
| skittish | frisky, lively. |
| skittishly | (Adv.) SKITTISH, frisky, lively. |
| smeddum | (Scots) a fine powder; (fig.) spirit, mettle. |
| spiritful | full of spirit; spirited. |
| sportful | full of sport; merry. |
| sportfully | (Adv.) SPORTFUL, full of sport. |
| sportive | playful. |
| sportively | (Adv.) SPORTIVE, playful. |
| sprack | quick; lively; alert. |
| sprightful | (Obs.) full of spirit or of life. |
| sprightfully | (Adv.) SPRIGHTFUL, full of spirit or of life. |
| sprightfulness | (Obs.) the state of being sprightful. |
| sprightliness | the state of being sprightly. |
| sprightly | lively. |
| spritefulness | the state of being spriteful. |
| spritely | lively. |
| spry | smart, dapper. |
| spryly | (Adv.) SPRY, smart, dapper. |
| spryness | the state of being spry. |
| spunkily | (Adv.) SPUNKY, courageous, spirited. |
| spunky | courageous, spirited. |
| startful | of a horse, apt to start. |
| startish | of a horse, apt to start. |
| startly | of a horse, apt to start > STARTLIER, STARTLIEST. |
| tittuppy | gay, lively, unsteady. |
| tittupy | gay, lively, unsteady > TITTUPIER, TITTUPIEST. |
| titupy | gay, lively, unsteady > TITUPIER, TITUPIEST. |
| unlively | not lively. |
| vegete | vigorous, active. |
| verve | vivacity. |
| vibey | lively, vibrant. |
| vibrance | the state of being vibrant. |
| vibrancy | the state of being vibrant. |
| vigor | (US) active strength. |
| vigour | active strength. |
| vim | energy, vigour. |
| vitality | exuberant physical strength or mental vigor. |
| vitalize | to give life to. |
| vivacious | lively. |
| vivaciously | (Adv.) VIVACIOUS, lively. |
| vivaciousness | the state of being vivacious. |
| vivacity | the state of being lively. |
| vive | (Scots) lively, forcible. |
| vively | (Adv.) VIVE, lively. |
| vivency | vitality. |
| vivific | vivifying, enlivening. |
| voema | (S. Afr.) vigour. |
| vogie | (Scots) vain, proud; merry, cheerful. |
| yald | (Scots) active, nimble. |
| yar | nimble. |
| yare | (Arch.) nimble. |
| yarely | (Adv.) YARE, lively. |
| yauld | (Scots) active, nimble. |
| yeastily | (Adv.) YEASTY, full of restless energy or creativity. |
| yeasty | of, relating to, or resembling yeast; (fig.) full of restless energy or creativity; insubstantial. |
| zappy | (Sl.) full of verve. |
| zest | enthusiasm; relish (verb) to give zest to |
| zestful | full of zest. |
| zestfully | (Adv.) ZESTFUL, full of zest. |
| zestfulness | the state of being zestful. |
| zestily | (Adv.) ZESTY, full of zest. |
| zestiness | the quality of being zesty. |
| zestless | lacking in zest. |
| zesty | full of zest. |
| zinger | someone or something with zing. |
| zingy | pleasantly stimulating. |
| zippily | (Adv.) ZIPPY, full of zip, energy. |
| zippy | full of zip, energy ZIPPILY. |
| zoetic | living; vital. |