'Vivacity' definitions:
Definition of 'vivacity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Characterized by high spirits and animation
Definition of 'Vivacity'
From: GCIDE
- Vivacity \Vi*vac"i*ty\, n. [L. vivicitas: cf. F. vivacit['e].] The quality or state of being vivacious. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The vivacity of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] (b) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Liveliness; gayety. See Liveliness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vivacity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activity,
- alacrity,
- animal spirits,
- animate existence,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- ardor,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- being alive,
- birth,
- breathless impatience,
- breeziness,
- brio,
- briskness,
- bubbliness,
- capersomeness,
- cheerful readiness,
- coltishness,
- dash,
- eagerness,
- ebullience,
- effervescence,
- elan,
- energy,
- enthusiasm,
- esprit,
- existence,
- exuberance,
- forwardness,
- friskiness,
- frolicsomeness,
- gaiety,
- gamesomeness,
- gayness,
- glow,
- gust,
- gusto,
- having life,
- heartiness,
- immortality,
- impatience,
- impetuosity,
- impetus,
- joie de vivre,
- keen desire,
- keenness,
- life,
- lifetime,
- liveliness,
- living,
- long life,
- longevity,
- lustiness,
- mettle,
- moxie,
- pep,
- peppiness,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- piquancy,
- piss and vinegar,
- pizzazz,
- playfulness,
- poignancy,
- promptness,
- pungency,
- quickness,
- raciness,
- readiness,
- robustness,
- rollicksomeness,
- rompishness,
- skittishness,
- sparkle,
- spirit,
- spiritedness,
- spirits,
- sportiveness,
- sprightliness,
- spriteliness,
- verve,
- viability,
- vigor,
- vim,
- vitality,
- vivaciousness,
- vividness,
- warmth,
- zest,
- zestfulness,
- zip