exuberance
/ɪɡˈz(j)uːb(ə)r(ə)ns
/ /ɛɡˈz(j)uːb(ə)r(ə)ns/noun [mass noun]
1The quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience: a sense of youthful exuberance...
- We were among the first to share with you what's going on with the exuberance around the country with early voting.
- Chosen from among 13 entrants, Tlale was bubbling with exuberance.
- I yelled, hoping my exuberance would break the language barrier.
Synonyms
ebullience, buoyancy, cheerfulness, sunniness, breeziness, jauntiness, light-heartedness, high spirits, exhilaration, excitement, elation, exultation, euphoria, joy, joyfulness, cheeriness, gaiety, jubilation, sparkle, effervescence, vivacity, enthusiasm, irrepressibility, energy, animation, life, liveliness, vigour, zest
informal bubble, bounce, pep, zing, chirpiness
North American informal peartness
literary gladsomeness, blitheness, blithesomeness
archaic good cheer
luxuriance, lushness, richness, abundance, superabundance, profusion, proliferation, copiousness, riotousness, vigour;
denseness, thickness;
jungle
rare plentifulness, prolificness, rankness, rampancy
1.1The quality of growing profusely; luxuriance: plants growing with wild exuberance...
- The high-definition TV debacle may partly reflect such technological exuberance.
- The minimal nature of the centre is an appropriate contrast to the exuberance of the main church.
- There is an exuberance of life in the remarkably fertile waters of the Strait of Georgia.
