enthusiastic
11enthusiastic — [[t]ɪnθju͟ːziæ̱stɪk, AM θu͟ː [/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ about n If you are enthusiastic about something, you show how much you like or enjoy it by the way that you behave and talk. Tom was very enthusiastic about the place... Bob Dole seemed less… …
12enthusiastic */*/ — UK [ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk] / US [ɪnˌθuzɪˈæstɪk] adjective very interested in something or excited by it Business leaders gave an enthusiastic welcome to the proposal. enthusiastic about: For a while, we were enthusiastic about the idea. Derived word:… …
13enthusiastic — adjective Date: 1603 filled with or marked by enthusiasm < enthusiastic supporters > < an enthusiastic recommendation > • enthusiastically adverb …
14enthusiastic — adj. enthusiastic about, at, over * * * [ɪnˌθjuːzɪ æstɪk] at over enthusiastic about …
15enthusiastic*/ — [ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk] adj very interested in something, or excited by it Ant: unenthusiastic Business leaders gave an enthusiastic welcome to the proposal.[/ex] For a while, we were enthusiastic about the idea.[/ex] enthusiastically… …
16enthusiastic — enthusiastically, adv. /en thooh zee as tik/, adj. full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play. [1595 1605; < Gk enthousiastikós. See ENTHUSIAST, IC] Syn. eager, fervent, zealous,… …
17enthusiastic — Synonyms and related words: ablaze, acquiescent, active, acute, afire, aggressive, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, animated, ardent, attracted, avid, boiling over, breathless, brisk, buggy, bugs, burning, cathectic, compliant, concerned,… …
18enthusiastic — adjective an enthusiastic supporter of Latin American baseball Syn: eager, keen, avid, ardent, fervent, passionate, ebullient, zealous, vehement; excited, wholehearted, committed, devoted, fanatical, earnest; informal hog wild, can do, gung ho …
19enthusiastic — adjective /ɛnθuziˈæstɪk/ With zealous fervor; excited, motivated Syn: excited See Also: enthusiasm, enthusiast …
20enthusiastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Excited by something] Syn. interested, fascinated, animated, willing, thrilled, fevered, feverish, flushed, concerned, pleased, excited, attracted, titillated, exhilarated, anxious, tantalized, athirst, ablaze, agog,… …
