'Verve' definitions:
Definition of 'Verve'
From: GCIDE
- Verve \Verve\, n. [F.] Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'verve'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active fancy,
- aggressiveness,
- alacrity,
- animal spirits,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- bang,
- bounce,
- breathless impatience,
- breeziness,
- brio,
- briskness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- capersomeness,
- cheerful readiness,
- coltishness,
- dash,
- drive,
- eagerness,
- ebullience,
- ecstasy,
- effervescence,
- elan,
- elasticity,
- energy,
- enterprise,
- enthusiasm,
- esprit,
- excited imagination,
- excitement,
- exuberance,
- fervency,
- fervent imagination,
- fervidness,
- fervor,
- fire,
- flair,
- flourish,
- forwardness,
- friskiness,
- frolicsomeness,
- furor,
- fury,
- gaiety,
- gamesomeness,
- gayness,
- get-up-and-go,
- ginger,
- gust,
- gusto,
- heart,
- heartiness,
- heat,
- heated imagination,
- impassionedness,
- impatience,
- initiative,
- keen desire,
- keenness,
- kick,
- life,
- liveliness,
- lively imagination,
- lurid imagination,
- moxie,
- oomph,
- panache,
- passion,
- passionateness,
- pep,
- pepper,
- peppiness,
- piquancy,
- piss and vinegar,
- pizzazz,
- playfulness,
- poignancy,
- poop,
- promptness,
- punch,
- pungency,
- push,
- quickness,
- raciness,
- readiness,
- relish,
- resiliency,
- rollicksomeness,
- rompishness,
- savor,
- skittishness,
- snap,
- soul,
- sparkle,
- spirit,
- spiritedness,
- spirits,
- sportiveness,
- sprightliness,
- spring,
- spunk,
- starch,
- thrust,
- vehemence,
- vigor,
- vim,
- vitality,
- vivaciousness,
- vivacity,
- vivacity of imagination,
- vivid imagination,
- vividness,
- warmth,
- warmth of feeling,
- wild imagination,
- zeal,
- zest,
- zestfulness,
- zing,
- zip