Synonyms for brisk
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1. brisk

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. brisk

   Synonyms:
   quick, lively, vivacious, active, alert, nimble, sprightly, spirited, animated, prompt, effervescent

   Antonyms:
   slow, heavy, dull, inactive, indolent, sluggish, unenergetic, stagnant

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1. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadjective

   quick and energetic

   "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

   Synonyms:
   jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, lively, bouncy, wonderful, dapper, jolly, gay, spanking, springy, alive(p), tonic, fresh, awake(p), nippy, raffish, jaunty, fantastic, alert, merry, terrific, spiffy, rakish, rattling, snappish, howling(a), refreshful, dashing, spirited, full of life, bracing, crisp, whipping, refreshing, zippy, vital

   Antonyms:
   unenrgetic, debilitating, inactive, lethargic

2. bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective

   imparting vitality and energy

   "the bracing mountain air"

   Synonyms:
   tonic, spanking, bracing, wise, refreshful, lively, refreshing, fresh, new, snappy, novel, tonal, smart, reinvigorated, unfermented, accented, impertinent, sweet, unused, saucy, merry, clean, sassy, impudent, refreshed, invigorated, zippy, rattling, overbold, alert

   Antonyms:
   inactive, unenrgetic, debilitating, lethargic

3. briskverb

   very active

   "doing a brisk business"

   Synonyms:
   refreshing, spanking, tonic, refreshful, fresh, alert, zippy, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, bracing

   Antonyms:
   debilitating, lethargic, unenrgetic, inactive

4. brisk, brisk up, briskenverb

   become brisk

   "business brisked up"

   Synonyms:
   brisk up, brisken

   Antonyms:
   debilitating, lethargic, unenrgetic, inactive

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1. • Speed Up

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1. briskadjective

   Synonyms:
   active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart, alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly

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1. briskadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, spirited, sprightly, spry, agile, rapid

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1. List of known nicknames for "Brisk":

   DJ Brisk, Brisk, DJ

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1. Andrew Freeman:

   Does every step count ? Absolutely. And we know that brisk walking each day brings on extra benefits in terms of blood pressure reduction and cardiovascular training and so forth, but the truth is, the same goal has always applied : Challenge yourself at whatever fitness level you're at. Obviously check with your doctor first, but your goal is to become breathless for 30 minutes each day.

2. Patrick DeHaan:

   If gasoline prices fall even further, we could be in for brisk summer at the pump.

3. Aaron Smith-McLallen:

   You don’t have to do it in a brisk way or elevate your heart rate, just increasing the number of steps will have a lot of impact.

4. Ellen Fitzpatrick:

   The message is one of very brisk activism on the part of The President to address the crisis at hand, which of course is what Franklin Roosevelt did as well, i think the level of activism on Biden's part is very, very notable. President Biden ambition is great. President Biden success may be more doubtful. But I think this shift in tone is itself important.

5. Adrian Meule:

   This study showed that brisk walking can be used as a strategy to reduce momentary food craving.