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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
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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Princeton's WordNet
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, vitalAntonyms:
unenrgetic, debilitating, inactive, lethargicbracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective
imparting vitality and energy
"the bracing mountain air"
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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, alertAntonyms:
inactive, unenrgetic, debilitating, lethargicbriskverb
very active
"doing a brisk business"
Synonyms:
refreshing, spanking, tonic, refreshful, fresh, alert, zippy, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, bracingAntonyms:
debilitating, lethargic, unenrgetic, inactivebrisk, brisk up, briskenverb
become brisk
"business brisked up"
Antonyms:
debilitating, lethargic, unenrgetic, inactive
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How to use brisk in a sentence?
A key finding is that physical activity among older adults does not have to be strenuous to reduce heart failure risk, we saw benefits for adults who walked at moderate or brisk pace (more than 2 or 3 miles per hour) and burned calories through leisure activity, like house or yard work, walking, engaging in outdoor activities, or other forms of physical activity, equivalent to about 30 minutes per day of moderate-intensity activity.
That is foundational for ... investments to come and for economic growth to be more brisk.
If gasoline prices fall even further, we could be in for brisk summer at the pump.
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.
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.
Translations for brisk
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- пенлив, жив, оживен, свежBulgarian
- čilý, energetický, živý, svěží, bystrýCzech
- vital, anregend, rege, lebhaftGerman
- enérgico, vital, brusco, vigorizante, briosoSpanish
- rivakka, reipasFinnish
- animé, stimulant, vifFrench
- fürgeHungarian
- vivaceItalian
- spirgts, možs, kustīgs, mundrs, ņiprs, žirgtsLatvian
- haukoriMāori
- opgewekt, opwekkend, levendigDutch
- energicznyPolish
- rápidoPortuguese
- ре́зкий, живо́й, энерги́чный, бодря́щий, отры́вистый, све́жий, оживлённыйRussian
- raskSwedish
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