'Vivacious' definitions:
Definition of 'vivacious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance" [syn: vibrant, vivacious]
Definition of 'Vivacious'
From: GCIDE
- Vivacious \Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [L. v['i]vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.]
- 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted. [1913 Webster] -- {Vi*va"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Vi*va"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vivacious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- activist,
- activistic,
- acute,
- aggressive,
- agog,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alive,
- all agog,
- animate,
- animated,
- antic,
- anxious,
- avid,
- blithe,
- bouncing,
- bouncy,
- breathless,
- breezy,
- brisk,
- bubbly,
- buoyant,
- bursting to,
- cant,
- capersome,
- cheerful,
- chipper,
- coltish,
- desirous,
- dynamic,
- eager,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- energetic,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- exuberant,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forward,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- full of beans,
- full of go,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- gamesome,
- gay,
- go-go,
- happy,
- hearty,
- high-spirited,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- incisive,
- intense,
- jaunty,
- keen,
- kinetic,
- light-hearted,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- lusty,
- mercurial,
- merry,
- mettlesome,
- militant,
- panting,
- peppy,
- perky,
- pert,
- piquant,
- playful,
- poignant,
- prompt,
- pungent,
- quick,
- quicksilver,
- racy,
- raring to,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- robust,
- rollicking,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- skittish,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- sparkling,
- spirited,
- sportive,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- sunny,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- trenchant,
- up,
- vibrant,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vivid,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zingy,
- zippy