ENERGETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does energetic mean? 

• ENERGETIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENERGETIC has 2 senses:

1. possessing or exerting or displaying energy

2. working hard to promote an enterprise

  Familiarity information: ENERGETIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENERGETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Possessing or exerting or displaying energy

Context example:

it caused an energetic chemical reaction

Similar:

physical (characterized by energetic bodily activity)

alert; brisk; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; spanking; zippy (quick and energetic)

canty (lively and brisk)

driving (acting with vigor)

high-energy (providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction)

indefatigable; tireless; unflagging; unwearying (showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality)

strenuous (characterized by or performed with much energy or force)

vigorous (characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity)

Also:

active (characterized by energetic activity)

lively (full of life and energy)

dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)

enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)

spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)

Antonym:

lethargic (deficient in alertness or activity)

Derivation:

energy (forceful exertion)

energy (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Working hard to promote an enterprise

Synonyms:

energetic; gumptious; industrious; up-and-coming

Similar:

enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)

Derivation:

energy (enterprising or ambitious drive)

 Context examples 

It takes a muscular, energetic fellow, and one with a good set of teeth, to do that.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mars, the little energetic action-hero planet, will stir up lots of new business for you, for Mars is in your sixth house of work projects, in ideal angle to that full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The zone includes energetic hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur ions moving at almost light speed.

(NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA)

I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I knew your energetic nature, and that you would not be happy until you had been on the scene of the crime.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By combining observations in the infrared, radio waves, visible light, X-rays and extremely energetic gamma rays, scientists can study the physics of these powerful jets.

(The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole, NASA)

Vocabulary used to capture the participants' mood included "a list of mood components such as tense, worn out, energetic, confused and lively," explained Abigail Avolio, first author of the study.

(Mental, Not Physical, Fatigue Affects Seniors' Walking Ability, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The team analyzed simple craters that are formed by smaller, less energetic impactors.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

With great energy; but it is always a subject which makes a lady energetic.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Generated by some of the most energetic processes in the universe, these X-ray sources are rare compared to the many visible light sources in the background image.

(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)