enthusiastic
Syllables: en·thu·si·as·ticUK/ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk//ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/
enthusiastic adjective: with zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
Adjective
enthusiastic (comparative more enthusiastic, superlative most enthusiastic)
- With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
- an enthusiastic lover of art
- a young man […] of a visionary and enthusiastic character1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC
- Relating to enthusiasm, or divine possession.
enthusiastic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
enthusiastic in Hindi
- with zealous fervor; excited, motivated
- उत्साही utsāhī, उत्साहित utsāhit
enthusiastic in Tamil
- ஆர்வமுடைய, உற்சாகமுடைய, ஆர்வமான, ஆர்வமுள்ள, ஆர்வம்மிக்க, ரசிக்கும் படியாய்
enthusiastic in Marathi
- with zealous fervor; excited, motivated
- उत्साही utsāhī
enthusiastic in Urdu
- جوشیلا, پرجوش, پرولولہ
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- enthusiastic in Bengali
- উৎসাহী
- enthusiastic in Malayalam
- ഉത്സാഹക, ഉത്സാഹവത്, അതിജാഗര, ഉദ്ധുര
- enthusiastic in Kannada
- ಉತ್ಸಾಹಭರಿತ, ಹುಮ್ಮಸ್ಸಿನ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹಶಾಲಿ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ
- enthusiastic in Gujarati
- ઉત્સાહી, ઉત્સાહપૂર્ણ
- enthusiastic in Odia
- ଉତ୍ସାହୀ
- enthusiastic in Nepali
- उत्साही
- enthusiastic in Arabic
- مُتَحَمِّس mutaḥammis
- enthusiastic in Indonesian
- antusias
- enthusiastic in Thai
- กระตือรือร้น grà-dtʉʉ-rʉʉ-rón
- enthusiastic in Vietnamese
- hăng hái, nhiệt tình
Examples of enthusiastic in a sentence
- I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
- Modern urban planners are enthusiastic in promoting the 15-minute city concept.
- Deven is an enthusiastic admirer of The Beatles.
Synonyms of enthusiastic
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Antonyms
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Forms of enthusiastic
| comparative | more enthusiastic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most enthusiastic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | enthusiastick |
Origin of enthusiastic
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστικός (enthousiastikós), from either ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós) or ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) + -τικός (-tikós).
Words formed from enthusiastic
Words that rhyme with enthusiastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
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- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
- esemplastic
Questions about enthusiastic
- What does enthusiastic mean?
- Enthusiastic means with zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
- What is enthusiastic in Hindi?
- Enthusiastic in Hindi is उत्साही (utsāhī), उत्साहित (utsāhit). See Enthusiastic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is enthusiastic?
- Enthusiastic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce enthusiastic?
- Enthusiastic is pronounced /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/ (UK).
Words near enthusiastic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enthusiastic (page history and authors); enthusiastic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enthusiastic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enthusiastic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enthusiastic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); enthusiastic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enthusiastic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enthusiastic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enthusiastic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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