'ELAN' definitions:
Definition of 'elan'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, ardour, elan, zeal]
noun
Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan, flair, panache, style]
noun
Enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness; "a performance of great elan and sophistication"
Synonyms of 'elan'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activity,
- alacrity,
- animal spirits,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- ardor,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- breathless impatience,
- brio,
- briskness,
- capersomeness,
- cheerful readiness,
- coltishness,
- dash,
- eagerness,
- enthusiasm,
- esprit,
- exuberance,
- forwardness,
- friskiness,
- frolicsomeness,
- gaiety,
- gamesomeness,
- gayness,
- glow,
- gust,
- gusto,
- heartiness,
- impatience,
- impetuosity,
- impetus,
- joie de vivre,
- keen desire,
- keenness,
- life,
- liveliness,
- lustiness,
- mettle,
- oomph,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- piss and vinegar,
- playfulness,
- promptness,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- robustness,
- rollicksomeness,
- rompishness,
- skittishness,
- spirit,
- spiritedness,
- spirits,
- sportiveness,
- sprightliness,
- verve,
- vigor,
- vim,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- warmth,
- zest,
- zestfulness,
- zing,
- zip
Acronyms for 'elan'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Educational LANguage
- Emulated Local Area Network (ATM, LANE)