adjective
1.
keenly alive and brisk
always thought of as a lively teacher
Synonyms: alert, animate, animated, bright, ||cant, ||canty, chipper, ||chirk, dashing, gay, keen, ||peart, peppy, pert, rousing, spirited, ||spirity, sprightful, sprightly, unpedantic, vivacious; compare cheerful 1
Related Word: agile, brisk, nimble, spry; buoyant, effervescent, elastic, expansive, resilient, volatile; blithe, cock-a-hoop, jocund, jolly, merry; gleeful, hilarious, mirthful; chirping, chirpy, chirrupy
Contrasted words: lethargic, sluggish, torpid; lackadaisical, languid, languorous, listless; apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid; boring, irksome, tedious
Antonyms: dull, unlively
2.
Synonyms: agile , active, brisk, brisky, catty, nimble, sprightly, spry, yare, zippy
Idioms: full of pep
3.
Synonyms: energetic 2, active, driving, enterprising
4.
Synonyms: bustling , busy, fussy, hopping, humming, hustling, popping
Antonyms: unanimated