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Synonyms for excited
ɪkˈsaɪ tɪdex·cit·ed

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Wiktionary3.5 / 6 votes

  1. excitedadjective

    Synonyms:
    enthusiastic

  2. excitedadjective

    Having great enthusiasm.

    He was very excited about his promotion.

    Synonyms:
    enthusiastic

  3. excitedadjective

    Being in a state of higher energy.

    The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.

    Synonyms:
    enthusiastic

  4. excitedadjective

    Having an erection; erect.

    Synonyms:
    enthusiastic

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 4 votes

  1. aroused, emotional, excited, worked upadjective

    (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

    "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

    Synonyms:
    aroused, horny, stimulated, delirious, aflame, ruttish, emotional, stirred, activated, turned on(p), randy, frantic, unrestrained, mad, worked up, wound up, steamy, stirred up, ablaze

    Antonyms:
    unexcited, tame, unreactive, unagitated

  2. excitedadjective

    in an aroused state

    Synonyms:
    mad, emotional, unrestrained, aroused, activated, delirious, frantic, worked up

    Antonyms:
    unagitated, unreactive, tame, unexcited

  3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrainedadjective

    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

    "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

    Synonyms:
    aroused, huffy, unbalanced, unhinged, mad, delirious, sick, disturbed, hallucinating, emotional, insane, harebrained, frenetic, brainsick, phrenetic, activated, demented, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sore, worked up, frenzied

    Antonyms:
    unagitated, unreactive, tame, unexcited

  4. activated, excitedadjective

    (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

    Synonyms:
    emotional, unrestrained, aroused, mad, activated, delirious, frantic, worked up

    Antonyms:
    tame, unexcited, unagitated, unreactive

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Editors Contribution4.0 / 2 votes

  1. happy

    Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. excitedadjective

    Synonyms:
    perturbed, agitated, disconcerted

    Antonyms:
    calm, serene, tranquil, nonchalant

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How to use excited in a sentence?

  1. Tom Henderson:

    The excitement just generates itself. We’ll have candidates from both parties to campaign here in Iowa and there’s a lot of voter interest in meeting these folks, we’re really excited about getting the process started.

  2. Justin Spitzer:

    If this were to last a year, it's sort of unfathomable, even if the shutdowns end pretty soon, I don't know how quickly people will be excited about 100, 150 people crews working closely with one another in poorly ventilated sound stages. It's going to be interesting how it affects the industry.

  3. Trump Jr:

    I'm very excited to be here, to see these very different projects, property is about location, location, location.

  4. Jessica Fox:

    I am a bit concerned about that, i saw the surfers and they were all excited about the weather, which isn’t ideal for us.

  5. David Taylor:

    I was so excited that he was getting a heart but also sad to know that someone else lost their loved one.


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