'Liveliness' definitions:
Definition of 'liveliness'
(from WordNet)
noun
General activity and motion [syn: liveliness, animation]
noun
Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" [syn: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness]
Definition of 'Liveliness'
From: GCIDE
- Liveliness \Live"li*ness\, n. [From Lively.]
- 1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- Liveliness, Gayety, Animation, Vivacity. Liveliness is an habitual feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; vivacity is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or conversation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'liveliness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activity,
- adaptability,
- alacrity,
- animal spirits,
- animate existence,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- being alive,
- birth,
- bite,
- bounce,
- bounciness,
- breathless impatience,
- breeziness,
- brio,
- briskness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyance,
- buoyancy,
- capersomeness,
- cheerful readiness,
- coltishness,
- dash,
- eagerness,
- ebullience,
- ecstasy,
- effervescence,
- elan,
- elasticity,
- energy,
- enthusiasm,
- esprit,
- excitement,
- existence,
- extensibility,
- exuberance,
- fervency,
- fervidness,
- fervor,
- fire,
- flexibility,
- forwardness,
- friskiness,
- frolicsomeness,
- furor,
- fury,
- gaiety,
- gamesomeness,
- gayness,
- ginger,
- give,
- glow,
- gust,
- gusto,
- guts,
- having life,
- heart,
- heartiness,
- heat,
- hotness,
- immortality,
- impassionedness,
- impatience,
- impetuosity,
- impetus,
- joie de vivre,
- keen desire,
- keenness,
- kick,
- life,
- lifetime,
- living,
- long life,
- longevity,
- lustiness,
- mettle,
- moxie,
- nip,
- nippiness,
- passion,
- passionateness,
- pep,
- pepperiness,
- peppiness,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- piquancy,
- piss and vinegar,
- pizzazz,
- playfulness,
- poignancy,
- promptness,
- punch,
- pungency,
- quickness,
- raciness,
- readiness,
- rebound,
- relish,
- resilience,
- resiliency,
- responsiveness,
- robustness,
- rollicksomeness,
- rompishness,
- savor,
- skittishness,
- snap,
- snappiness,
- soul,
- sparkle,
- spice,
- spiciness,
- spirit,
- spiritedness,
- spirits,
- sportiveness,
- sprightliness,
- spring,
- springiness,
- spriteliness,
- stretch,
- stretchability,
- stretchiness,
- tang,
- tanginess,
- tone,
- tonicity,
- tonus,
- vehemence,
- verve,
- viability,
- vigor,
- vim,
- vitality,
- vivaciousness,
- vivacity,
- vividness,
- warmth,
- warmth of feeling,
- zeal,
- zest,
- zestfulness,
- zip